Symptom vs. Hallmark

Symptomnoun

(medicine) A perceived change in some function, sensation or appearance of a person that indicates a disease or disorder, such as fever, headache or rash.

Symptomnoun

(figuratively) A signal; anything that indicates, or is characteristic of, the presence of something else, especially of something undesirable.

Symptomnoun

Any affection which accompanies disease; a perceptible change in the body or its functions, which indicates disease, or the kind or phases of disease; as, the causes of disease often lie beyond our sight, but we learn their nature by the symptoms exhibited.

Symptomnoun

A sign or token; that which indicates the existence of something else; as, corruption in elections is a symptom of the decay of public virtue.

Symptomnoun

(medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

Symptomnoun

anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence

Hallmarknoun

A distinguishing characteristic.

Hallmarknoun

An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.

Hallmarkverb

To provide or stamp with a hallmark.

Hallmarknoun

a distinctive characteristic or attribute

Hallmarknoun

a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity

Hallmarknoun

a mark stamped on articles of gold, silver, or platinum by the British assay offices, certifying their standard of purity.

Hallmarknoun

a distinctive feature

Hallmarkverb

stamp with a hallmark

Hallmarkverb

mark as distinctive

Hallmark

A hallmark is an official mark or series of marks struck on items made of metal, mostly to certify the content of noble metals—such as platinum, gold, silver and in some nations, palladium. In a more general sense, the term hallmark can also be used to refer to any distinguishing mark.