Symbolic vs Conceptual - What's the difference?
symbolic | conceptual |
Pertaining to a symbol.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
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, title= Referring to something with an implicit meaning.
Of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination
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Of, or relating to conceptualism
As adjectives the difference between symbolic and conceptual
is that symbolic is pertaining to a symbol while conceptual is of, or relating to concepts or mental conception; existing in the imagination.symbolic
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.}}
Derived terms
* symbolical * symbolically * symbolicsconceptual
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- We defined a conceptual model before designing the real thing.
- The repeated exposure, over decades, to most taxa here treated has resulted in repeated modifications of both diagnoses and discussions, as initial ideas of the various taxa underwent—often repeated—conceptual modification.