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uppercase vs graphic symbol

graphic symbol vs uppercase

uppercase and graphic symbol both are nouns.

uppercase is an adjective but graphic symbol is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
uppercase Yes Yes No No
graphic symbol Yes No No No
As nouns, graphic symbol is a hypernym of uppercase; that is, graphic symbol is a word with a broader meaning than uppercase:
  • uppercase: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis
  • graphic symbol: a written symbol that is used to represent speech
Other hypernyms of uppercase include character, graph, grapheme.
uppercase (noun) graphic symbol (noun)
one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis a written symbol that is used to represent speech
uppercase (adjective) graphic symbol (adjective)
relating to capital letters which were kept in the top half of a compositor's type case
Difference between uppercase and graphic symbol

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