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Cymbal vs. Symbol — What's the Difference?

Cymbal vs. Symbol — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Cymbal and Symbol

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Cymbal

A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys.

Symbol

A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship. Symbols allow people to go beyond what is known or seen by creating linkages between otherwise very different concepts and experiences.

Cymbal

A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass plate that makes a loud clashing tone when hit with a drumstick or when used in pairs.

Symbol

A mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object, function, or process, e.g. the letter or letters standing for a chemical element or a character in musical notation
The chemical symbol for helium is He
The symbol r in Figure 5 represents a gene which is ineffective

Cymbal

(musical instruments) A concave plate of brass or bronze that produces a sharp, ringing sound when struck: played either in pairs, by striking them together, or singly by striking with a drumstick or the like.
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Symbol

A thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract
The limousine was another symbol of his wealth and authority

Cymbal

A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller.

Symbol

Symbolize.

Cymbal

A musical instrument of brass, shaped like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back; - used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together.

Symbol

Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention, especially a material object used to represent something invisible
The lamb is a symbol of innocence.

Cymbal

A musical instrument used by gypsies and others, made of steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are movable rings.

Symbol

An instance that typifies a broader pattern or situation
His striking out to end the rally was a symbol of everything that had gone wrong with the team over the past month.

Cymbal

A percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together

Symbol

A printed or written sign used to represent an operation, element, quantity, quality, or relation, as in mathematics or music.

Symbol

(Psychology) An object or image that an individual unconsciously uses to represent repressed thoughts, feelings, or impulses
A phallic symbol.

Symbol

A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
$ is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries.
Chinese people use word symbols for writing.

Symbol

A thing considered the embodiment of a concept or object.
The lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.

Symbol

(linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.

Symbol

A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
The Apostles, Nicene Creed and the confessional books of Protestantism, such as the Augsburg Confession of Lutheranism are considered symbols.

Symbol

(crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.

Symbol

(obsolete) That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.

Symbol

(obsolete) Share; allotment.

Symbol

(programming) An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.

Symbol

(telecommunications) A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.

Symbol

To symbolize.

Symbol

A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience.
A symbol is a sign included in the idea which it represents, e. g., an actual part chosen to represent the whole, or a lower form or species used as the representative of a higher in the same kind.

Symbol

Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.

Symbol

An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.

Symbol

That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
They do their work in the days of peace . . . and come to pay their symbol in a war or in a plague.

Symbol

Share; allotment.
The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all appear to receive their symbol.

Symbol

An abbreviation standing for the name of an element and consisting of the initial letter of the Latin or New Latin name, or sometimes of the initial letter with a following one; as, C for carbon, Na for sodium (Natrium), Fe for iron (Ferrum), Sn for tin (Stannum), Sb for antimony (Stibium), etc. See the list of names and symbols under Element.

Symbol

To symbolize.

Symbol

An arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

Symbol

Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible;
The eagle is a symbol of the United States

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