What is the difference between referent and icon?
referent | icon |
(semantics) The specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes.
That which is referenced.
An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.
A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
(linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also (symbol) and (index).
Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.
As nouns the difference between referent and icon
is that referent is (semantics) the specific entity in the world that a word or phrase identifies or denotes while icon is an image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.referent
English
(wikipedia referent)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* absent referentAnagrams
* * ----icon
English
(wikipedia icon)Alternative forms
* eikon, ikonNoun
(en noun)- That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.
