What's the difference between emblem and totem?

Emblem


Definition:

  • (n.) Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
  • (n.) A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity.
  • (n.) A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verse, or the like, intended as a moral lesson or meditation.
  • (v. t.) To represent by an emblem; to symbolize.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Buckingham Palace was drawn into the dispute when it was revealed that Pownall had sought advice from the Lord Chamberlain, a key officer in the royal household, on the potential misuse of the portcullis emblem due to it being the property of the Queen.
  • (2) The first two games from that partnership will be based on the company’s b-tier franchises Animal Crossing and Fire Emblem.
  • (3) A woman identified by a protest organizer as Bree Newsome, a 30-year-old youth organizer from Charlotte, North Carolina, climbed the flagpole before 6am and took down the controversial emblem of the antebellum, slaveholding south, with the assistance of another activist.
  • (4) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Either way, I love Jane for idly sticking two fingers up at the idea of a spa break in Rhodes or other emblems of “sophistication” being the only thing to aspire to.
  • (5) Whether you view the self-employed as the silent victims of our invidious jobs market or emblems of a new spirit of entrepreneurialism spreading through society, what is beyond doubt is that the ranks of those working for themselves are swelling by the day.
  • (6) The man who has scored more World Cup finals goals (five in 12 appearances) than any other US player (and indeed, more, as one image doing the rounds had it, than Messi, Ronaldo, Ibrahimovic and Rooney have managed in 31 games) has found himself becoming the ultimate emblem of Jurgen Klinsmann's "What have you done for me lately?"
  • (7) Messages of two types (pantomime and emblem) were presented under four conditions (spoken message alone, spoken message repeated, gestured message alone, and spoken message plus redundant gesture).
  • (8) One replaces the three lions of India's Ashoka symbol , the national emblem, with three bloody-jawed wolves.
  • (9) Unlike Mid Staffs, Mount Alvernia has not become an emblem of the failings of private hospitals.
  • (10) Elizabeth Butler, who carried out the investigation, said the watchdog must introduce checks when personal names are used in party names or descriptions to ensure the individual or their family has consented, and review all names, descriptions and emblems currently on the register.
  • (11) Many sported bright yellow "No to military trials" armbands, an emblem of fierce opposition to the ruling generals, and refused to join a bout of collective applause for the army council that still maintains an iron grip on the country's levers of power.
  • (12) Merlin was then taken over by Topps and the result is that England are the only World Cup team that Panini can’t reproduce with logos or emblems, which is why the players all look like they’re wearing bibs in the photos.
  • (13) Fans turned up carrying Catalan flags and their whistles drowned out the Uefa anthem before kick-off as they protested against a second fine for Barcelona for displaying political emblems.
  • (14) She became an emblem of the French New Wave, thanks to her role in Hiroshima Mon Amour, before returning to the Paris stage in the 1970s.
  • (15) There was no warning about other political groups, but next to an image of the anarchist emblem, the City of Westminster police's "counter terrorist focus desk" called for anti-anarchist whistleblowers stating: "Anarchism is a political philosophy which considers the state undesirable, unnecessary, and harmful, and instead promotes a stateless society, or anarchy.
  • (16) Intentionally directing attacks against hospital facilities containing the sick and wounded, or against entities carrying the Red Cross or Red Crescent emblem is a war crime in a non-international armed conflict.
  • (17) Basic nonverbal components that could be applied to peer pressure resistance programs, such as gaze (eye behavior), stance and proxemics (space), gesture and emblems, and facial expression, are reviewed.
  • (18) This finding was attributed to a depictability factor: the pictures associated with pantomimes were relatively direct representations of item content, while those associated with emblems were necessarily less direct representations.
  • (19) "Intentionally directing attacks against hospitals and places containing the sick and the wounded and against medical units using the Red Cross or Red Crescent emblem is a war crime in non-international armed conflict," the investigators said, referring to a legal term for civil war.
  • (20) Behind him was the new party emblem, introduced in 2006 – a soothing blue and yellow anemone hepatica flower, and the slogan: “Sweden’s Opposition.” Three themes dominated the speech: the danger of Islamism, which Åkesson has described as “the Nazism of our times”; the need to stop the flow of refugees and asylum seekers – Sweden takes more asylum seekers per capita than any other EU country; and the desire to create a better society for Sweden’s children.

Totem


Definition:

  • (n.) A rude picture, as of a bird, beast, or the like, used by the North American Indians as a symbolic designation, as of a family or a clan.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But it also succeeded by elevating the likes of Luke Skywalker and Han Solo to the kind of status usually reserved for totemic superheroes such as Batman, Superman and Spider-Man, characters destined to be wheeled out time and time again in different big screen iterations.
  • (2) How did Hilary Benn, Maria Eagle, Charles Falconer and Paul Kenny choose Trident as the totem of revolt?
  • (3) "We actually won Eton against the Tories – rather totemically," he says.
  • (4) But I also take seriously my responsibility to the American people Barack Obama Asked by Republican governors on Monday whether he might relent in the case of a pipeline extension that supporters argue will have negligible impact on greenhouse gas emissions but has been a totemic issue for environmentalists, Obama reportedly told the group it “ain’t gonna happen”.
  • (5) It would obviously and inevitably impose strain on the coalition, not least because Liberal Democrat activists regard this as something of a totem pole.
  • (6) For Labour, wealth tied up in property is a totemic issue, and not in a good way.
  • (7) There is an inability to break with the slavish, neoliberal worship of that abstract totem, the national economy.
  • (8) The date has a totemic significance for the regime of Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, for whom it represents a traumatic climbdown – a moment in which the military’s apparently unassailable grip on power seemed to slip.
  • (9) Antonio Valencia raced around like the winger of a few seasons ago; Danny Welbeck discovered an extra yard of pace and an ability to spin opponents; Wayne Rooney was once more the whirling team totem, the closest to Roy Keane the club has had since the Irishman departed nine years ago.
  • (10) A small force of British soldiers has stayed on to train a new national army, and they are perceived in much of the country as a totemic guarantee of enduring peace.
  • (11) Corbyn made housing one of the totemic issues in his campaign for the Labour leadership and he has since said it is a top three policy priority.
  • (12) It has since opened the floodgates for second-rate totems that will soon turn this part of the river into mayor Boris Johnson's nightmare of " Dubai on Thames ".
  • (13) Last week's proposal that a mansion tax funds a new 10p tax rate would mean thousands of millionaires paying to help millions of taxpayers make ends meet and work pay is a totemic one-nation policy.
  • (14) It took me a long time to read them, but I did like having these totemic objects in the house."
  • (15) The issue has become a totemic one in the wake of the announcement of the Premier League’s huge new domestic TV deal , worth an overall £5.3bn, a figure that could rise to £8.5bn once overseas sales are factored in.
  • (16) For Momentum’s veteran element, it is as totemic now as it was in the early 1980s.
  • (17) The latter, which Freud described as a sequel to "Totem and Taboo", is seen as the acting out of the wish for parricide described in that work.
  • (18) He said the broadcast was being shown in more than 225 countries “that now hate us”, and gave the audience a chance to vent anti-Trump sentiment with a tribute to Meryl Streep , a totem of Hollywood hostility towards the US administration.
  • (19) The idea is reformulated in further works, among which, "A Souvenir of Leonardo da Vinci Infant", "Totem and Tabu", and "Three Essays", "The Loss of Reality in Neuroses and Psychosis", "The History of a Child's Neurosis", Mass Psychology and Ego Analysis", "The Ego and the Id", "An Outline of Psychoanalysis", and "The Malaise in Culture".
  • (20) In the interview with the Times, the former GP called for aid to be pulled from states that do not share Britain's values and said the Tories would need to outline "totemic" tax cuts in the run up to the 2015 poll.