Semantics Pt.1

SEMANTICS

Metaphor:

A metaphor is a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

Examples:

Time is money.

The streets were a furnace, the sun an executioner.

Humor is the shock absorber of life.

Life is a journey.

Symbol:

A symbol is something that represents something else. It is used frequently in branding and marketing.

Examples:

These represents items and places. These symbols would be found on walls in public buildings and on road signs.

These represent the planets in our solar system (and Pluto).

This symbol represents the number Pi, a number that is otherwise impossible to write down in full.

These symbols represent several religions.