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Symbolic vs Supportive - What's the difference?

symbolic | supportive |

As adjectives the difference between symbolic and supportive

is that symbolic is pertaining to a symbol while supportive is providing support.

symbolic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a symbol.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)
    • , volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= 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.}}
  • Referring to something with an implicit meaning.

    • Derived terms

    * symbolical * symbolically * symbolics

    Related terms

    * symbol * symbolisation Br. * symbolise Br. * symbolistic * symbolization * symbolize * symbolism * symbolist * symbology * symbolology

    supportive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Providing support.
    • I had a very supportive coach who helped me.

    Antonyms

    * unsupportive