Symbolism vs. Symbology — What's the Difference?

The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships.

The study or interpretation of symbols or symbolism.

A system of symbols or representations.

The use of symbols.

A symbolic meaning or representation.

(uncountable) The study or use of symbols.

Revelation or suggestion of intangible conditions or truths by artistic invention.

(countable) An encoding scheme, particularly for barcodes.

Symbolism The movement, theory, or practice of the late 19th-century Symbolists.

The art of expressing by symbols.

Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.

(obsolete) A combining together of parts or ingredients.

The act of symbolizing, or the state of being symbolized; as, symbolism in Christian art is the representation of truth, virtues, vices, etc., by emblematic colors, signs, and forms.

A system of symbols or representations.

The practice of using symbols, or the system of notation developed thereby.

The science of creeds; symbolics.

A system of symbols and symbolic representations

The practice of investing things with symbolic meaning

An artistic movement in the late 19th century that tried to express abstract or mystical ideas through the symbolic use of images