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Symbols vs Emblem - What's the difference?

symbols | emblem |

As nouns the difference between symbols and emblem

is that symbols is while emblem is emblem.

symbols

English

Noun

(head)
    • English autological terms ----

    emblem

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
    • The trucks were emblazoned with the emblem of the Red Cross and were not supposed to be targeted.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His cicatrice, an emblem of war, here on his sinister cheek.
  • Something which represents a larger whole.
    • The rampant poverty in the ethnic slums was just an emblem of the group's disenfranchisement by the society as a whole.
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  • Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
    • (Milton)
  • A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

    • Related terms

    * emblematic * emblematical

    Synonyms

    * symbol * token (to betoken)

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