The God Squad: The difference between signs and symbols. By Rabbi Marc Gellman . Dec. 6, 2013 1:37 PM PT . Share; ... they why not the most precious religious symbols of those holidays?

For example, the red colour is a “stop” sign in traffic, but a “fertility” symbol in Hinduism, and in China, while being indicative of the “devil”, “scarlet women” or “Santa ...

Bees were trained for 50 trials to match an N-shape sign with the number “two” and an inverted T-shape sign with the number “three” and achieved an accuracy of about 75%.

Everyone seems to have come up with their own definitions for this. So what’s the difference? In brief: A logo is a word, a symbol is a picture, and a combination mark is a PB&J mashing up the two.

Watch: Meet the 16-year-old DJ with a difference - the UK's first Makaton-friendly DJ. Makaton is a language programme that uses signs and symbols to help people to communicate.

All of this is why I’m in favor of publicly sharing our signs but not publicly sharing our symbols. I hope this helps. (Send QUESTIONS ONLY to The God Squad via email at [email protected] .) ...