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==Icons versus symbols== ==Icons versus symbols==
*An ''icon'' is a graphic device that represents some object or action, the graphic device being ascribed.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Maybe icons should represent the action instead of the medium / device?|url = http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/50048/maybe-icons-should-represent-the-action-instead-of-the-medium-device|website = graphicdesign.stackexchange.com|accessdate = 2015-04-13}}</ref> *An ''icon'' is a graphic device that represents some object or action, the graphic device being ascribed.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Maybe icons should represent the action instead of the medium / device?|url = http://graphicdesign.stackexchange.com/questions/50048/maybe-icons-should-represent-the-action-instead-of-the-medium-device|website = graphicdesign.stackexchange.com|accessdate = 2015-04-13}}</ref>

*A ''symbol'' has only the meanings ascribed to itself, representing only a concept and not recognizable as a particular object.{{cn|date=February 2015}}


==See also== ==See also==

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For other uses of the term, see Icon (disambiguation).
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American cultural icons
The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, iconic of the government of the United Kingdom

A secular icon is an image or pictograph of a person or thing used for other than religious purpose. (See icon for such use.)

Icons versus symbols

  • An icon is a graphic device that represents some object or action, the graphic device being ascribed.


See also

References

  1. "Maybe icons should represent the action instead of the medium / device?". graphicdesign.stackexchange.com. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
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