Express and Symbol

Express

Express verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.

Usage example: an upraised thumb is now universally recognized as a gesture expressing approval or encouragement

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Symbol and express are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Symbol" instead a verb "Express".

Symbol noun - A device, design, or figure used as an identifying mark.

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Express and symbol are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Express" instead a verb "Symbol".

special	special express	special symbol
original	original express	original symbol
real	real express	real symbol
huge	huge express	huge symbol
Other adjectives: golden, giant.

This is where one character gives another character an item as the symbol of an express or implied promise, with the intent that it will be returned at the fulfillment of such promise.

Source: Hold On to My Hat
Often, a way to express that attitudes towards Y are tending further towards contempt is to symbolically destroy at least one version of symbol X.

Source: Smash the Symbol
An example of this being used in a non-dystopian setting; the xenophobic Circle in the Season Two opening three-parter of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine express their distrust of the Federation and Provisional Government by tagging the station with a symbol based on the Bajoran crest◊.

Source: Graffiti of the Resistance

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