As nouns the difference between pictogram and picogram
is that pictogram is a picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration while picogram is a unit of mass equal to 0.000 000 000 001 grams. Symbol: pg.
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
Related terms
* ideogram
* logogram
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picogram
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A unit of mass equal to 0.000 000 000 001 grams. Symbol: pg
Synonyms
* micromicrogram