icon vs symbol

icon and symbol both are nouns.

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

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

icon: (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
symbol: an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

icon (noun)	symbol (noun)
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface	something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church	an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance
(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

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