Emoji vs. Smiley — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Emoji and Smiley
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Emoji
Emoji or Emojis ( i-MOH-jee; from Japanese 絵文字 [emodʑi] lit. 'picture character'; plural emoji or emojis) are pictograms, logograms, ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and web pages. The emoji's primary function is to fill in emotional cues otherwise missing from typed conversation.
Smiley
A smiley, sometimes referred to as a smiley face, is a basic ideogram that represents a smiling face. Since the 1950s it has become part of popular culture worldwide, used either as a standalone ideogram, or as a form of communication, such as emoticons.
Emoji
A small digital image or icon used to express an idea or emotion
Emoji liven up your text messages with tiny smiley faces
Smiley
Smiling; cheerful
He drew a smiley face
Emoji
A standardized ideogrammatic icon, as of a face or a heart, used especially in electronic messages or on webpages.
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Smiley
A symbol representing a smiling face that is used in written communication to indicate that the writer is pleased or joking.
Emoji
Such icons considered collectively.
Smiley
An emoticon, especially a smiling facial glyph [ :-) ] used to express delight or to indicate humor or irony.
Emoji
A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept, object, person, animal or place, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media. Or, by extension, any non-standard emoji-like image inserted inline in text, i.e. an image emoticon.
Smiley
Having a cheerful and happy disposition; smiling.
Smiley
Cheerful and happy; smiling.
Have a smiley demeanor
A very smiley girl
Smiley
(slang) Having one's throat slit from side to side.
Smiley
A simplified representation of a smiling face.
Smiley
(Internet) A sequence of text characters used to represent a happy mood, especially :)]] or :-)]] or other depiction of smiling.
Smiley
(rare) An improvised street weapon consisting of a length of chain with padlocks and other heavy objects affixed to one end.
Smiley
(South Africa) A roasted sheep's head.
Smiley
The type of piercing of the upper frenulum (upper lip).
Smiley
An emoticon of a smiling face
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