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Hallmark vs Symptom - What's the difference?

hallmark | symptom | Related terms |

As nouns the difference between hallmark and symptom

is that hallmark is a distinguishing characteristic while symptom is a perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.

As a verb hallmark

is to provide or stamp with a hallmark.

hallmark

English

Noun

(wikipedia hallmark) (en noun)
  • A distinguishing characteristic.
  • * {{quote-news
  • , year=2011 , date=February 1 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Arsenal 2 - 1 Everton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Arsene Wenger's side showed little of the style and fluidity that is their hallmark but this was about digging deep and getting the job done, qualities they demonstrated and that will serve them well as the season reaches its climax.}}
  • An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
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  • It can highlight our embodiment, a qualitative step away from the hallmark machines that work so resolutely to disembody us.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To provide or stamp with a hallmark.
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  • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked .}}

    symptom

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.
  • A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.
  • Synonyms

    * indication * manifestation * sign, signal * See also

    Antonyms

    * Treatment of symptoms versus treatment of cause

    Derived terms

    * symptomatology * symptomless