symbolisation vs allegory

symbolisation and allegory both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

symbolisation (noun)	allegory (noun)
the practice of investing things with symbolic meaning	a short moral story (often with animal characters)
something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible	an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
the use of symbols to convey meaning	a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

symbolisation vs allegory

symbolisation and allegory both are nouns.

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