Character vs. Symbol

Characternoun

(countable) A being involved in the action of a story.

Characternoun

(countable) A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.

Characternoun

A complex of traits marking a person, group, breed, or type.

Characternoun

(uncountable) Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.

Characternoun

(countable) A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.

Characternoun

(countable) A written or printed symbol, or letter.

Characternoun

Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.

Characternoun

A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.

Characternoun

One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.

Characternoun

A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.

Characternoun

A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.

Characternoun

(countable) Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.

Characternoun

The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.

Characternoun

A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.

Characternoun

Personal appearance.

Characterverb

(obsolete) To write (using characters); to describe.

Characternoun

A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

Characternoun

Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character.

Characternoun

The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition.

Characternoun

Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.

Characternoun

Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.

Characternoun

The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character.

Characternoun

A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant.

Characternoun

A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as, Randolph was a character; Cæsar is a great historical character.

Characternoun

One of the persons of a drama or novel.

Characterverb

To engrave; to inscribe.

Characterverb

To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize.

Characternoun

an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story);

Characternoun

a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something;

Characternoun

the inherent complex of attributes that determine a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions;

Characternoun

an actor's portrayal of someone in a play;

Characternoun

a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities);

Characternoun

good repute;

Characternoun

a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability;

Characternoun

a written symbol that is used to represent speech;

Characterverb

engrave or inscribe characters on

Symbolnoun

A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.

Symbolnoun

Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is no meaningful relationship.

Symbolnoun

(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.

Symbolnoun

A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.

Symbolnoun

Visible traces or impressions, made using a writing device or tool, that are connected together and/or are slightly separated. Sometimes symbols represent objects or events that occupy space or things that are not physical and do not occupy space.

Symbolnoun

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

Symbolnoun

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

Symbolnoun

(obsolete) Share; allotment.

Symbolnoun

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

Symbolverb

To symbolize.

Symbolnoun

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.

Symbolnoun

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

Symbolnoun

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

Symbolnoun

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

Symbolnoun

Share; allotment.

Symbolnoun

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.

Symbolverb

To symbolize.

Symbolnoun

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

Symbolnoun

something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible;

Symbolnoun

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

Symbolnoun

a shape or sign used to represent something such as an organization, e.g. a red cross or a Star of David

Symbolnoun

a thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract

Symbolverb

symbolize.

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.