Smiley vs. Emoticon

Smileyadjective

Cheerful and happy; smiling.

Smileyadjective

(slang) Having one's throat slit from side to side.

Smileynoun

A simplified representation of a smiling face.

Smileynoun

(Internet) A sequence of keyboard characters used to represent a happy mood, especially :) or :-) or other depiction of smiling.

Smileynoun

(rare) An improvised street weapon consisting of a length of chain with padlocks and other heavy objects affixed to one end.

Smileynoun

(South Africa) A roasted sheep's head.

Smileynoun

The type of piercing of the upper frenulum (upper lip) [https://books.google.com/books?id=83sjmTPnz48C&pg=PA118&dq=scrumper+lip&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAWoVChMI9eC8jqfQxwIVlyWICh0mzw1H#v=onepage&q=scrumper%20lip&f=false]

Smileynoun

an emoticon of a smiling face

Smileyadjective

smiling; cheerful

Smileynoun

a symbol representing a smiling face that is used in written communication to indicate that the writer is pleased or joking.

Smiley

A smiley, sometimes referred to as a smiley face, is a basic ideogram that represents a smiling face. Since the 1950s it has become part of popular culture worldwide, used either as a standalone ideogram, or as a form of communication, such as emoticons.

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.