icon vs foil

icon and foil both are nouns.

icon is not a verb while foil is a verb.

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

As nouns, foil is a hyponym of icon; that is, foil is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than icon:

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

Other hyponyms of icon include bitmap, electronic image, chiaroscuro, collage, montage, transparency, computer graphic, graphic, iconography, inset, likeness, semblance, cyclorama, diorama, panorama, reflection, reflexion, CAT scan, scan, echogram, sonogram, fitspo.

icon (noun)	foil (noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface	a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button
a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church	a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal
(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	picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector
	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

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

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