dagger vs graphic symbol

dagger and graphic symbol both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
dagger	Yes	No	No	No
graphic symbol	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, graphic symbol is a hypernym of dagger; that is, graphic symbol is a word with a broader meaning than dagger:

dagger: a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
graphic symbol: a written symbol that is used to represent speech

Other hypernyms of dagger include character, graph, grapheme.

dagger (noun)	graphic symbol (noun)
a short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing	a written symbol that is used to represent speech
a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used