The difference between Character and Symbol
When used as nouns, character means a being involved in the action of a story, whereas symbol means a character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
When used as verbs, character means to write (using characters), whereas symbol means to symbolize.
check bellow for the other definitions of Character and Symbol
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Character as a noun:
A being involved in the action of a story.
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Character as a noun:
A distinguishing feature; characteristic; trait; phene.
Examples:
"(genetics) A single [[locus]] governing the petal colour character was detected on the linkage group A2."
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Character as a noun:
A complex of mental and ethical traits marking a person or a group.
Examples:
"A study of the suspect's character and his cast iron alibi ruled him out."
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Character as a noun:
Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; moral strength.
Examples:
"He has a great deal of character."
"You may not like to eat liver," said Calvin's father, "but it builds character."
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Character as a noun:
A unique or extraordinary individual; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits, especially charisma.
Examples:
"Julius Caesar is a great historical character."
"That bloke is such a character."
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Character as a noun:
A written or printed symbol, or letter.
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Character as a noun (dated):
Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the particular form of letters used by a person or people.
Examples:
"an inscription in the Runic character"
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Character as a noun (dated):
A secret cipher; a way of writing in code.
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Character as a noun (computing):
One of the basic elements making up a text file or string: a code representing a printing character or a control character.
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Character as a noun (informal):
A person or individual, especially one who is unknown or raises suspicions.
Examples:
"We saw a shady character slinking out of the office with some papers."
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Character as a noun (mathematics):
A complex number representing an element of a finite Abelian group.
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Character as a noun:
Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty.
Examples:
"in the miserable character of a slave"
"in his character as a magistrate"
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Character as a noun (dated):
The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation.
Examples:
"a man's character for truth and veracity"
"Her actions give her a bad character."
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Character as a noun (dated):
A reference given to a servant, attesting to his/her behaviour, competence, etc.
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Character as a noun (obsolete):
Personal appearance.
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Character as a verb (obsolete):
To write (using characters); to describe.
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Symbol as a noun:
A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
Examples:
"$ is the symbol for dollars in the US and some other countries."
"Chinese people use word symbols for writing."
"The lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience."
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Symbol as a noun:
Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is no meaningful relationship.
Examples:
"The dollar symbol has no relationship to the concept of currency or any related idea."
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Symbol as a noun (linguistics):
A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context; a symbol arbitrarily denotes a referent. See also icon and index.
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Symbol as a noun:
A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
Examples:
"The Apostles, Nicene Creed and the confessional books of Protestantism, such as the Augsburg Confession of Lutheranism are considered symbols."
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Symbol as a noun:
Visible traces or impressions, made using a writing device or tool, that are connected together and/or are slightly separated. Sometimes symbols represent objects or events that occupy space or things that are not physical and do not occupy space.
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Symbol as a noun (crystallography):
The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
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Symbol as a noun (obsolete):
That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
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Symbol as a noun (obsolete):
Share; allotment.
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Symbol as a noun (programming):
An internal identifier used by a debugger to relate parts of the compiled program to the corresponding names in the source code.
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Symbol as a verb:
To symbolize.
Examples:
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