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Emblematic vs. Symptomatic — What's the Difference?

Emblematic vs. Symptomatic — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Emblematic and Symptomatic

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Emblematic

Of, relating to, or serving as an emblem; symbolic.

Symptomatic

Of, relating to, or based on symptoms
Symptomatic relief.

Emblematic

Serving as, or relating to a symbol, emblem or illustration of a type.

Symptomatic

Constituting a symptom, as of a disease
The rash symptomatic of scarlet fever.
A rise in unemployment symptomatic of a weakening economy.

Emblematic

(figurative) Typical.
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Symptomatic

(medicine) Showing symptoms.

Emblematic

Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity.

Symptomatic

Relating to, based on, or constituting a symptom.
The city's problems are symptomatic of the crisis that is spreading throughout the country.

Emblematic

Serving as a visible symbol for something abstract;
A crown is emblematic of royalty
The spinning wheel was as symbolic of colonical Massachusetts as the codfish

Symptomatic

(medicine) Relating to symptomatics.

Emblematic

Being or serving as an illustration of a type;
The free discussion that is emblematic of democracy
An action exemplary of his conduct

Symptomatic

A person exhibiting the symptoms of an illness.

Symptomatic

Of or pertaining to symptoms; happening in concurrence with something; being a symptom; indicating the existence of something else.
Symptomatic of a shallow understanding and an unamiable temper.

Symptomatic

According to symptoms; as, a symptomatical classification of diseases.

Symptomatic

Characteristic or indicative of e.g. a disease;
A diagnostic sign of yellow fever
Diagnostic information
A rash symptomatic of scarlet fever
Symptomatic of insanity
A rise in crime symptomatic of social breakdown

Symptomatic

Relating to or according to or affecting a symptom or symptoms;
Symptomatic relief
Symptomatic treatment
A symptomatic classification of diseases

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