Adage vs Symbolic - What's the difference?
adage | symbolic |
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use
An old saying, which has been overused or considered a ; a trite maxim
Pertaining to a symbol.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
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As a noun adage
is an old saying, which has obtained credit by long use.As an adjective symbolic is
pertaining to a symbol.adage
English
(wikipedia adage)Noun
(en noun)- “Like the poor cat i’ th’ adage ” (Lady MacBeth)
Synonyms
* proverb, colloquialism, apophthegm * See alsosymbolic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)Our banks are out of control, passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.}}