Symbolic vs. Iconic

Symbolicadjective

Pertaining to a symbol.

Iconicadjective

Relating to, or having the characteristics of, an icon. 17

Symbolicadjective

Referring to something with an implicit meaning.

Iconicadjective

(figurative) Famously and distinctively representative of its type.

Symbolicnoun

See Symbolics.

Iconicadjective

Representing something; symbolic.

‘an iconic gesture in sign language’;

Symbolicadjective

Of or pertaining to a symbol or symbols; of the nature of a symbol; exhibiting or expressing by resemblance or signs; representative; as, the figure of an eye is symbolic of sight and knowledge.

‘The sacrament is a representation of Christ's death by such symbolical actions as he himself appointed.’;

Iconicadjective

relating to or having the characteristics on an icon

Symbolicadjective

relating to or using or proceeding by means of symbols;

‘symbolic logic’; ‘symbolic operations’; ‘symbolic thinking’;

Symbolicadjective

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’;

Symbolicadjective

using symbolism;

‘symbolic art’;