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Symbol vs. Design — What's the Difference?

Symbol vs. Design — What's the Difference?

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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.

Design

A design is a plan or specification for the construction of an object or system or for the implementation of an activity or process, or the result of that plan or specification in the form of a prototype, product or process. The verb to design expresses the process of developing a design.

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

Design

A plan or drawing produced to show the look and function or workings of a building, garment, or other object before it is made
He has just unveiled his design for the new museum

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
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Design

A decorative pattern
Pottery with a lovely blue and white design

Symbol

Symbolize.

Design

Purpose or planning that exists behind an action, fact, or object
The appearance of design in the universe

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.

Design

Decide upon the look and functioning of (a building, garment, or other object), by making a detailed drawing of it
A number of architectural students were designing a factory

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.

Design

To conceive or fashion in the mind; invent
Design a good excuse for not attending the conference.

Symbol

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

Design

To formulate a plan for; devise
Designed a marketing strategy for the new product.

Symbol

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

Design

To make a graphic or schematic representation of (something), especially as a plan for its structure
Design a building on a computer.
Design a new car model.

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.

Design

To create or contrive for a particular purpose or effect
A game designed to appeal to all ages.

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.

Design

To have as a goal or purpose; intend
"Mrs. Bennet had designed to keep the two Netherfield gentlemen to supper.
But ... she had no opportunity of detaining them" (Jane Austen).

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.

Design

To make or execute plans.

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.

Design

To create designs.

Symbol

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

Design

A drawing or sketch.

Symbol

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

Design

A graphic representation, especially a detailed plan for construction or manufacture.

Symbol

(obsolete) Share; allotment.

Design

An ornamental pattern.

Symbol

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

Design

The purposeful or inventive arrangement of parts or details
The aerodynamic design of an automobile.
The design of an epic poem.

Symbol

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

Design

A particular plan or method
The party's design for increasing voter turnout.

Symbol

To symbolize.

Design

The art or practice of designing or making designs
Studied design in college.

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.

Design

A reasoned purpose; an intent
It was her design to set up practice on her own as soon as she was qualified.

Symbol

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

Design

Deliberate intention
He became a photographer more by accident than by design.

Symbol

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

Design

Often designs A secretive or underhanded plot or scheme
He has designs on my job.

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.

Design

A specification of an object or process, referring to requirements to be satisfied and thus conditions to be met for them to solve a problem.

Symbol

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

Design

A plan (with more or less detail) for the structure and functions of an artifact, building or system.
The initial design of the park was rejected for being too expensive.

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.

Design

A pattern, as an element of a work of art or architecture.
We're working on some new designs for our range of summer shirts

Symbol

To symbolize.

Design

The composition of a work of art.

Symbol

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

Design

Intention or plot.
We have designs on winning the league next season.
To be hateful of the truth by design.

Symbol

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

Design

(particularly) Malicious or malevolent intention.
To have evil designs.

Design

The shape or appearance given to an object, especially one that is intended to make it more attractive.

Design

The art of designing
Danish furniture design is world-famous.

Design

(transitive) To plan and carry out (a picture, work of art, construction etc.).

Design

To plan (to do something).
The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.

Design

To assign, appoint (something to someone); to designate.

Design

To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.

Design

To manifest requirements to be satisfied by an object or process for them to solve a problem.

Design

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

Design

To mark out and exhibit; to designate; to indicate; to show; to point out; to appoint.
We shall seeJustice design the victor's chivalry.
Meet me to-morrow where the masterAnd this fraternity shall design.

Design

To create or produce, as a work of art; to form a plan or scheme of; to form in idea; to invent; to project; to lay out in the mind; as, a man designs an essay, a poem, a statue, or a cathedral.

Design

To intend or purpose; - usually with for before the remote object, but sometimes with to.
Ask of politicians the end for which laws were originally designed.
He was designed to the study of the law.

Design

To form a design or designs; to plan.

Design

A preliminary sketch; an outline or pattern of the main features of something to be executed, as of a picture, a building, or a decoration; a delineation; a plan.

Design

A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done; preliminary conception; idea intended to be expressed in a visible form or carried into action; intention; purpose; - often used in a bad sense for evil intention or purpose; scheme; plot.
The vast design and purpos of the King.
The leaders of that assembly who withstood the designs of a besotted woman.
A . . . settled design upon another man's life.
How little he could guess the secret designs of the court!

Design

Specifically, intention or purpose as revealed or inferred from the adaptation of means to an end; as, the argument from design.

Design

The realization of an inventive or decorative plan; esp., a work of decorative art considered as a new creation; conception or plan shown in completed work; as, this carved panel is a fine design, or of a fine design.

Design

The invention and conduct of the subject; the disposition of every part, and the general order of the whole.
Is he a prudent man . . . that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to the remaining part of his life?
I wish others the same intention, and greater successes.
It is the purpose that makes strong the vow.

Design

The act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan);
He contributed to the design of a new instrument

Design

An arrangement scheme;
The awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult
It was an excellent design for living
A plan for seating guests

Design

Something intended as a guide for making something else;
A blueprint for a house
A pattern for a skirt

Design

A decorative or artistic work;
The coach had a design on the doors

Design

An anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions;
His intent was to provide a new translation
Good intentions are not enough
It was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs
He made no secret of his designs

Design

A preliminary sketch indicating the plan for something;
The design of a building

Design

The creation of something in the mind

Design

Make or work out a plan for; devise;
They contrived to murder their boss
Design a new sales strategy
Plan an attack

Design

Design something for a specific role or purpose or effect;
This room is not designed for work

Design

Create the design for; create or execute in an artistic or highly skilled manner;
Chanel designed the famous suit

Design

Make a design of; plan out in systematic, often graphic form;
Design a better mousetrap
Plan the new wing of the museum

Design

Create designs;
Dupont designs for the house of Chanel

Design

Conceive or fashion in the mind; invent;
She designed a good excuse for not attending classes that day

Design

Intend or have as a purpose;
She designed to go far in the world of business

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