symbol vs allegory

allegory vs symbol

symbol and allegory both are nouns.

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

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

symbol: something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible
allegory: a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

Other hyponyms of symbol include crossbones, cornucopia, horn of plenty, death's head, oriflamme, white feather, emblem.

symbol (noun)	allegory (noun)
something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible	a short moral story (often with animal characters)
an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance	an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
	a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

Difference between symbol and allegory

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