different between insignia vs hallmark

English

Etymology

From Latin ?ns?gnia, nominative plural of ?ns?gne (“emblem, token, symbol”). Doublet of ensign.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?n?s??.ni.?/

Noun

insignia (plural insignias or insignia)

1. A patch or other object that indicates a person's official or military rank, or membership in a group or organization.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:badge
2. A symbol or token of personal power, status, or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction.
   • 1826, Mary Shelley, chapter 6 in the first part of The Last Man

     The former Protector tendered him the oaths, and presented him with the insignia of office, performing the ceremonies of installation.

3. (figuratively) A mark or token by which anything is known.
   • 2006, P. Goodrich, The Laws of Love: A Brief Historical and Practical Manual (page 49)

     Rule 23: “The stress of love makes it hard to eat and sleep.” To these empirical laws we can add the various other insignia of love.

Synonyms

• insigne (dated)

Translations

Further reading

• insignia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Galician

Pronunciation

Noun

insignia f (plural insignias)

1. pin, badge

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in?si?.ni.a/, [???s???niä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in?si?.?i.a/, [in?si??i?]

Noun

?nsignia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of ?nsigne

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in?si?nja/, [?n?si??.nja]
• Hyphenation: in?sig?nia

Noun

insignia f (plural insignias)

1. badge, insignia

Derived terms

English

Etymology

1721. hall +? mark, from Goldsmiths' Hall in London, the site of the assay office, official stamp of purity in gold and silver articles. The general sense of "mark of quality" first recorded 1864. Use as a verb from 1773.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?lm??k/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h??lm??k/

Noun

hallmark (plural hallmarks)

1. A distinguishing characteristic.
2. An official marking made by a trusted party, usually an assay office, on items made of precious metals.
   • 2007, John Zerzan John, Silence.

     It can highlight our embodiment, a qualitative step away from the hallmark machines that work so resolutely to disembody us.

Translations

Verb

hallmark (third-person singular simple present hallmarks, present participle hallmarking, simple past and past participle hallmarked)

1. To provide or stamp with a hallmark.

Translations

See also

• benchmark