Ideogram vs. Pictogram

Ideogramnoun

A picture or symbol which represents the idea of something without indicating the sequence of sounds used to pronounce it. Examples include digits, traffic signs, and graphic symbols such as @.

Ideogramnoun

An original, pictorial element of writing; a kind of hieroglyph expressing no sound, but only an idea.

Ideogramnoun

A symbol used for convenience, or for abbreviation; as, 1, 2, 3, +, -, , $, , etc.

Ideogramnoun

A phonetic symbol; a letter.

Ideogramnoun

a graphic character used in ideography

Ideogram

An ideogram or ideograph (from Greek ἰδέα idéa and γράφω gráphō ) is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept, independent of any particular language, and specific words or phrases. Some ideograms are comprehensible only by familiarity with prior convention; others convey their meaning through pictorial resemblance to a physical object, and thus may also be referred to as pictograms.

Pictogramnoun

A picture that represents a word or an idea by illustration.

Pictogram

A pictogram, also called a pictogramme, pictograph, or simply picto, and in computer usage an icon, is a graphic symbol that conveys its meaning through its pictorial resemblance to a physical object. Pictographs are often used in writing and graphic systems in which the characters are to a considerable extent pictorial in appearance.