medallion vs allegory

allegory vs medallion

medallion and allegory both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
medallion	Yes	No	No	No
allegory	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, allegory is a hypernym of medallion; that is, allegory is a word with a broader meaning than medallion:

medallion: an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered
allegory: a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

Other hypernyms of medallion include emblem.

medallion (noun)	allegory (noun)
an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event	a short moral story (often with animal characters)
an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered	an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat)	a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
a circular helping of food (especially a boneless cut of meat) "medallions of veal"
any of various large ancient Greek coins

Difference between medallion and allegory

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