graphic symbol vs type

type vs graphic symbol

graphic symbol and type both are nouns.

graphic symbol is not a verb while type is a verb.

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

As nouns, type is a hyponym of graphic symbol; that is, type is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than graphic symbol:

graphic symbol: a written symbol that is used to represent speech
type: printed characters

Other hyponyms of graphic symbol include allograph, check character, superior, superscript, inferior, subscript, ASCII character, ligature, capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase, lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter, percent sign, percentage sign, asterisk, star, dagger, obelisk, diesis, double dagger, double obelisk, alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet, blank, space, phonetic symbol, mathematical symbol, rune, runic letter, pictograph, ideogram, ideograph, radical, stenograph, siglum.

graphic symbol (noun)	type (noun)
a written symbol that is used to represent speech	a small metal block bearing a raised character on one end; produces a printed character when inked and pressed on paper
	a subdivision of a particular kind of thing
	all of the tokens of the same symbol
	printed characters
	(biology) the taxonomic group whose characteristics are used to define the next higher taxon
	a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

graphic symbol (verb)	type (verb)
	identify as belonging to a certain type
	write by means of a keyboard with types

Difference between graphic symbol and type

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