allegory vs symbolisation

symbolisation vs allegory

allegory and symbolisation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
allegory	Yes	No	No	No
symbolisation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, symbolisation is a hypernym of allegory; that is, symbolisation is a word with a broader meaning than allegory:

allegory: a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
symbolisation: something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible

Other hypernyms of allegory include symbol, symbolic representation, symbolization.

allegory (noun)	symbolisation (noun)
a short moral story (often with animal characters)	the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning
an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor	something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
a visible symbol representing an abstract idea	the use of symbols to convey meaning

Difference between allegory and symbolisation

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