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facial expression vs emoticon

emoticon vs facial expression

facial expression and emoticon both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
facial expression Yes No No No
emoticon Yes No No No
As nouns, emoticon is a hyponym of facial expression; that is, emoticon is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than facial expression:
  • facial expression: a gesture executed with the facial muscles
  • emoticon: a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email
Other hyponyms of facial expression include gape, face, grimace, frown, scowl, grin, grinning, smile, smiling, laugh, snarl, straight face, wink, wince.
facial expression (noun) emoticon (noun)
the feelings expressed on a person's face a representation of a facial expression (as a smile or frown) created by typing a sequence of characters in sending email
a gesture executed with the facial muscles
Difference between facial expression and emoticon

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