Image vs. Symbol — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Image and Symbol
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Definitions
Image➦
The general impression that a person, organization, or product presents to the public
She strives to project an image of youth
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
Image➦
An image (from Latin: imago) is an artifact that depicts visual perception, such as a photograph or other two-dimensional picture, that resembles a subject—usually a physical object—and thus provides a depiction of it. In the context of signal processing, an image is a distributed amplitude of color(s).
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
Image➦
A representation of the external form of a person or thing in art
Her work juxtaposed images from serious and popular art
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.
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Image➦
A simile or metaphor
He uses the image of a hole to describe emotional emptiness
Symbol➦
Symbolize.
Image➦
Make a representation of the external form of
Artworks which imaged women's bodies
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.
Image➦
A representation of the form of a person or object, such as a painting or photograph.
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.
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Image➦
A sculptured likeness.
Symbol➦
A printed or written sign used to represent an operation, element, quantity, quality, or relation, as in mathematics or music.
Image➦
(Physics) An optically formed duplicate, counterpart, or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction formed by a lens or mirror.
Symbol➦
(Psychology) An object or image that an individual unconsciously uses to represent repressed thoughts, feelings, or impulses
A phallic symbol.
Image➦
One that closely or exactly resembles another
He is the image of his uncle.
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.
Image➦
Likeness; semblance
Genesis says that man was made in the image of God.
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.
Image➦
The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public
The public's image of business leaders as greedy.
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.
Image➦
The concept or character projected to the public, as by a person or institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media
An actor who tried to convey an image of refined beauty.
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.
Image➦
A typical example or embodiment
That child is the image of good health.
Symbol➦
(crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
Image➦
A mental picture of something not real or present
Our image of the cottage did not conform with reality.
Symbol➦
(obsolete) That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
Image➦
A vivid description or representation in words, especially a metaphor or simile
The poem uses the image of a barren tree to convey feelings of desolation.
Symbol➦
(obsolete) Share; allotment.
Image➦
(Mathematics) A set of values of a function corresponding to a particular subset of a domain.
Symbol➦
(programming) An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.
Image➦
(Computers) An exact replica of the contents of a storage device, such as a hard disk, stored on a second storage device, such as a network server.
Symbol➦
(telecommunications) A signalling event on a communications channel; a signal that cannot be further divided into meaningful information.
Image➦
(Obsolete) An apparition.
Symbol➦
To symbolize.
Image➦
To make or produce a likeness of
Imaged the poet in bronze.
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.
Image➦
To mirror or reflect
A statue imaged in the water.
Symbol➦
Any character used to represent a quantity, an operation, a relation, or an abbreviation.
Image➦
To make a visual representation of (an object) using remote scanning or technology such as magnetic resonance imaging
Imaged the diseased kidneys.
Imaged the surface of Mars.
Symbol➦
An abstract or compendium of faith or doctrine; a creed, or a summary of the articles of religion.
Image➦
To symbolize or typify
A kneeling woman imaging the nation's grief.
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.
Image➦
To picture mentally; imagine or visualize
Imaged each dive before doing it.
Symbol➦
Share; allotment.
The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all appear to receive their symbol.
Image➦
To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture
The passage images what it's like to grow up poor.
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.
Image➦
To print (a file) using a laser printer, imagesetter, direct-to-plate press, or similar device.
Symbol➦
To symbolize.
Image➦
To transmit (an exact replica of the contents of a storage device) to another storage device
Imaged the hard drive to the server.
Symbol➦
An arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
Image➦
An optical or other representation of a real object; a graphic; a picture.
The Bible forbids the worship of graven images.
Symbol➦
Something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible;
The eagle is a symbol of the United States
Image➦
A mental picture of something not real or not present.
Image➦
A statue or idol.
Image➦
(computing) A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)
Most game console emulators do not come with any ROM images for copyright reasons.
Image➦
A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.
Image➦
(mathematics) What a function maps to.
The number 6 is the image of 3 under f that is defined as f(x) = 2x.
Image➦
(mathematics) The subset of a codomain comprising those elements that are images of something.
The image of this step function is the set of integers.
Image➦
(radio) A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
Image➦
(obsolete) Show; appearance; cast.
Image➦
(transitive) To represent by an image or symbol; to portray.
Image➦
(transitive) To reflect, mirror.
Image➦
(transitive) To create an image of.
Image➦
To create a complete backup copy of a file system or other entity.
Image➦
An imitation, representation, or similitude of any person, thing, or act, sculptured, drawn, painted, or otherwise made perceptible to the sight; a visible presentation; a copy; a likeness; an effigy; a picture; a semblance.
Even like a stony image, cold and numb.
Whose is this image and superscription?
This play is the image of a murder done in Vienna.
And God created man in his own image.
Image➦
Hence: The likeness of anything to which worship is paid; an idol.
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, . . . thou shalt not bow down thyself to them.
Image➦
Show; appearance; cast.
The face of things a frightful image bears.
Image➦
A representation of anything to the mind; a picture drawn by the fancy; a conception; an idea.
Can we conceiveImage of aught delightful, soft, or great?
Image➦
A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor.
Image➦
The figure or picture of any object formed at the focus of a lens or mirror, by rays of light from the several points of the object symmetrically refracted or reflected to corresponding points in such focus; this may be received on a screen, a photographic plate, or the retina of the eye, and viewed directly by the eye, or with an eyeglass, as in the telescope and microscope; the likeness of an object formed by reflection; as, to see one's image in a mirror.
Image➦
To represent or form an image of; as, the still lake imaged the shore; the mirror imaged her figure.
Image➦
To represent to the mental vision; to form a likeness of by the fancy or recollection; to imagine.
Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore,And image charms he must behold no more.
Image➦
An iconic mental representation;
Her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
Image➦
A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;
They showed us the pictures of their wedding
A movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
Image➦
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world;
A public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
Image➦
A standard or typical example;
He is the prototype of good breeding
He provided America with an image of the good father
Image➦
Language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Image➦
Someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor);
He could be Gingrich's double
She's the very image of her mother
Image➦
A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture);
The coin bears an effigy of Lincoln
The emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone
Image➦
Imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;
I can't see him on horseback!
I can see what will happen
I can see a risk in this strategy
