Sticker vs Icon - What's the difference?
sticker | icon |
something that sticks
an adhesive label or decal
a brand, label, or company, especially one making and distributing records
a price tag
the listed price (also sticker price)
(informal) a burr or seed pod that catches in fur or clothing
a wooden strip placed between courses of lumber to allow air circulation. (also 'kiln sticker')
(colloquial, dated) That which causes one to stick; that which puzzles or poses.
(music) A small wooden rod in an organ which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.
(US, politics) A paster.
To apply one or more stickers to (something)
To mark as the sticker price
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=Februaryruary 28, author=Rita Zekas, title=DecoRita visits West Elm, work=Toronto Star
, passage=Also out of Africa: a huge hammered copper floor mirror stickered at $449. }}
(nonstandard, informal) (stick) (stickier).
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 sticker and icon
is that sticker is something that sticks while icon is an image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.As a verb sticker
is to apply one or more stickers to (something).As an adjective sticker
is (nonstandard|informal) (stick) (stickier).sticker
English
(wikipedia sticker)Etymology 1
From .Noun
(en noun)- When buying a car, know the sticker and the invoice price.
- (Thackeray)
Derived terms
* stickeryReferences
* * *Verb
(en verb)citation
Etymology 2
From .Adjective
(head)- A sticker type of glue that always stays sticky.
Anagrams
* * ----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.