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Whiz vs Icon - What's the difference?

whiz | icon |

As nouns the difference between whiz and icon

is that whiz is a whirring or hissing sound (as above) while icon is an image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.

As a verb whiz

is to make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.

whiz

English

Alternative forms

* whizz

Verb

  • To make a whirring or hissing sound, similar to that of an object speeding through the air.
  • To rush or move swiftly with such a sound.
  • To throw or spin rapidly.
  • (vulgar, slang) To urinate.
  • We whizzed in the bushes.

    Noun

    (whizzes)
  • A whirring or hissing sound (as above).
  • (informal) Someone who is remarkably skilled at something.
  • An act of urination; a wiz.
  • I have to take a whiz .
  • (UK, slang, uncountable) amphetamine.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * whiz kid

    icon

    English

    (wikipedia icon)

    Alternative forms

    * eikon, ikon

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.
  • A religious painting, often done on wooden panels.
  • A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.
  • That man is an icon in the business; he personifies loyalty and good business sense.
  • A small picture which represents something (such as an icon on a computer screen which when clicked performs some function.)
  • (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons. See also (symbol) and (index).
  • Pictual representations of files, programs and folders on a computer.
  • Derived terms

    * aniconic, aniconism * iconism

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