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Symbolical vs Symbolic - What's the difference?

symbolical | symbolic |

Symbolic is a derived term of symbolical.



As adjectives the difference between symbolical and symbolic

is that symbolical is of, related to, or being a symbol; symbolic while symbolic is pertaining to a symbol.

symbolical

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • of, related to, or being a symbol; symbolic
  • of, related to, or being a emblem; emblematic
  • symbolic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to a symbol.
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  • , 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