Symbolic vs Impressionistic - What's the difference?
symbolic | impressionistic |
Pertaining to a symbol.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
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Pertaining to or characterized by impressionism.
Based on impression rather than reason or fact; based on trying to impress somebody rather than trying for accuracy.
Impressible.
As adjectives the difference between symbolic and impressionistic
is that symbolic is pertaining to a symbol while impressionistic is pertaining to or characterized by impressionism.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.}}