Difference between Hieroglyphic and Hieroglyph

What is the difference between Hieroglyphic and Hieroglyph?

Hieroglyphic as a noun is a writing system of ancient egypt, maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus while Hieroglyph as a noun is an element of an ideographic writing system

Hieroglyphic

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a writing system of ancient Egypt, Maya and other civilizations, using pictorial symbols to represent individual sounds as a rebus any symbol used in this system; a hieroglyph undecipherable handwriting or secret symbol

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of, relating to, or written with this system of symbols difficult to decipher

Hieroglyph

Part of speech: noun

Definition: an element of an ideographic writing system

We hope you now know whether to use Hieroglyphic or Hieroglyph in your sentence.

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