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graphic vs icon

icon vs graphic

graphic and icon both are nouns.

graphic is an adjective but icon is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
graphic Yes Yes No No
icon Yes No No No
As nouns, icon is a hypernym of graphic; that is, icon is a word with a broader meaning than graphic:
  • graphic: an image that is generated by a computer
  • icon: a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
Other hypernyms of graphic include ikon, image, picture.
graphic (noun) icon (noun)
an image that is generated by a computer a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church
(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
graphic (adjective) icon (adjective)
relating to or presented by a graph
of or relating to the graphic arts
describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail
evoking lifelike images within the mind
written or drawn or engraved
Difference between graphic and icon

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