Icon vs. Celebrity

An image; a representation.

One who is widely known and of great popular interest.

A representation or picture of a sacred or sanctified Christian personage, traditionally used and venerated in the Eastern Church.

Fame or popular renown.

An important and enduring symbol

(obsolete) A rite or ceremony.

One who is the object of great attention and devotion; an idol

(uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.

(Computers) A picture on a screen that represents a specific file, directory, window, option, or program.

A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person.

An image, symbol, picture, or other representation usually as an object of religious devotion.

Celebration; solemnization.

A type of religious painting portraying a saint or scene from Scripture, often done on wooden panels.

The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.

(by extension) A person or thing that is the best example of a certain profession or some doing.

A person of distinction or renown; - usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.

(graphical user interface) A small picture that represents something.

A widely known person;

A word, character, or sign whose form reflects and is determined by the referent; onomatopoeic words are necessarily all icons.

The state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

An image or representation; a portrait or pretended portrait.

A sacred picture representing the Virgin Mary, Christ, a saint, or a martyr, and having the same function as an image of such a person in the Latin Church. The term is used especially for a highly stylized and conventionalized representation of a holy person, rich in symbolism and used in devotional services in many of the eastern Orthodox churches, especially the Greek and Russian Orthodox Churches.

A symbol, especially a symbol whose form suggests its meaning or the object it represents.

A graphical symbol for a data object whose form suggests the nature or function of the object; especially, such a symbol as viewed on the computer screen.

Any object of uncritical devotion.

An outstanding example of something which has come to represent the class of things to which it belongs; a paragon; used of persons as well as objects.

(computer science) a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface

A visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;

A conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel; venerated in the Eastern Church