foil vs icon

foil and icon both are nouns.

foil is a verb but icon is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
foil	Yes	No	Yes	No
icon	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, icon is a hypernym of foil; that is, icon is a word with a broader meaning than foil:

foil: picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
icon: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

Other hypernyms of foil include ikon, image, picture.

foil (noun)	icon (noun)
a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button	a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal	a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector	(computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface
a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through
anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities

foil (verb)	icon (verb)
cover or back with foil
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
enhance by contrast

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