Emoji vs. Emoticon

Emojinoun

A digital graphic icon with a unique code point used to represent a concept or object, originally used in Japanese text messaging but since adopted internationally in other contexts such as social media.

Emojinoun

a small digital image or icon used to express an idea or emotion

Emoji

Emoji or Emojis ( i-MOH-jee; from Japanese 絵文字 [emodʑi] lit. 'picture character'; plural emoji or emojis) are pictograms, logograms, ideograms and smileys used in electronic messages and web pages. The emoji's primary function is to fill in emotional cues otherwise missing from typed conversation.

Emoticonnoun

A graphical representation of a particular emotion of the writer, used especially in SMS, email, or other electronic communication.

Emoticonnoun

A graphic made up of text characters to represent such emotion; a smiley.

Emoticonnoun

An image or graphic icon used to represent such emotions; an emoji.

Emoticonnoun

a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email;

Emoticonnoun

a representation of a facial expression such as a smile or frown, formed by various combinations of keyboard characters and used to convey the writer's feelings or intended tone

Emoticon

An emoticon (, ə-MOH-tə-kon, rarely pronounced ), short for , also known simply as an emote, is a pictorial representation of a facial expression using characters—usually punctuation marks, numbers, and letters—to express a person's feelings, mood or reaction, or as a time-saving method. Early emoticons were the precursors to modern emojis, which are ever-developing predominantly on iOS and Android devices.