different between emblem vs indication

English

Etymology

From Old French embleme, from Latin emblema (“raised ornaments on vessels, tessellated work, mosaic”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma, “an insertion”), from ????????? (embállein, “to put in, to lay on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??mbl?m/
• Hyphenation: em?blem

Noun

emblem (plural emblems)

1. A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
2. Something which represents a larger whole.
3. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
4. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

Synonyms

• symbol
• token (to betoken)

Related terms

• emblematic
• emblematical

Translations

Verb

emblem (third-person singular simple present emblems, present participle embleming, simple past and past participle emblemed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To symbolize.

Further reading

• emblem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• emblem in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Danish

Noun

emblem n (singular definite emblemet, plural indefinite emblemer)

1. emblem

Declension

References

• “emblem” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French emblème, from Latin emblema, from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma, “an insertion”).

Noun

emblem n (definite singular emblemet, indefinite plural emblem or emblemer, definite plural emblema or emblemene)

1. an emblem

References

• “emblem” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “emblem” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French emblème, from Latin emblema, from Ancient Greek ??????? (émbl?ma).

Noun

emblem n (definite singular emblemet, indefinite plural emblem, definite plural emblema)

1. an emblem

References

• “emblem” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Noun

emblem n

1. emblem

Declension

English

Etymology

From Old French indication, from Latin indic?ti? (“a showing, indicating the value of something; valuation”), from indic? (“point out, indicate, show; value”); see indicate; confer French indication, Spanish indicación, Italian indicazione.Morphologically indicate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nd??ke???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

indication (countable and uncountable, plural indications)

1. Act of pointing out or indicating.
2. That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
   • September 9, 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 156

     The frequent stops they make in the most convenient places are plain indications of their weariness.

3. Discovery made; information.
4. (obsolete) Explanation; display. (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
5. (medicine) Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
6. (finance) An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.

Related terms

• index
• indicate
• indicator
• indicative

Translations

Further reading

• indication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• indication in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

From Latin indic?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.di.ka.sj??/

Noun

indication f (plural indications)

1. direction, instruction
2. indication, sign
3. indication, information
4. a hint

Related terms

• indiquer

Further reading

• “indication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).