is a specific kind of: printed symbol, written symbol.

is a broader term that covers: allograph | check character | superior, superscript | inferior, subscript | ASCII character | ligature | capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase | lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter | type | percent sign, percentage sign | asterisk, star | dagger, obelisk | diesis, double dagger, double obelisk | alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet | blank, space | phonetic symbol | mathematical symbol | rune, runic letter | pictograph | ideogram, ideograph | radical | stenograph ... show more.

derivation: character.