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Petroglyph vs Pictogram - What's the difference?

petroglyph | pictogram |

As nouns the difference between petroglyph and pictogram

is that petroglyph is a rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times while pictogram is a picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.

petroglyph

Noun

(en noun)
  • (archaeology) A rock carving, especially one made in prehistoric times.
  • * 1998', Henri-Paul Francfort, ''17: Central Asian '''petroglyphs : between Indo-Iranian and shamanistic interpretations'', Paul S. C. Taçon (editor), ''The Archaeology of Rock-Art , page 302,
  • The petroglyphs of Central Asia form a long sequence from the Neolithic onwards.
  • * 2000', Carol Diaz-Granados, James R. Duncan, ''The '''Petroglyphs and Pictographs of Missouri , page 102,
  • Ninety-six petroglyph' sites were reported in the original study (DiazGranados 1993). The majority of the ' petroglyphs are worn.
  • * 2001 , Georgia Lee, 18: Oceania'', David S. Whitley (editor), ''Handbook of Rock Art Research , page 578,
  • The islands of Tonga are not known for petroglyphs'; however, one of the frontal stones of a ''langi'' called Mala'e Lahi on 'Uiha Island has one ' petroglyph of a human foot.

    Derived terms

    * petroglyphic * petroglyphy

    See also

    * pictograph

    pictogram

    Alternative forms

    * pictogramme (rare)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.
  • Usage notes

    Strictly speaking, a pictogram'' represents by illustration, an ''ideogram'' represents an idea, and a ''logogram'' represents a word: Chinese characters are all logograms, but few are pictograms or ideograms. Casually, ''pictogram is used to represent all of these: it is a picture representing some concept.

    Synonyms

    * pictograph * hieroglyph