What is the difference between Hamburger icon and Ellipsis icon? [duplicate]

The hamburger is usually to open a global-navigation menu, in material design they call this a navigation drawer. The ellipsis are an icon to signify additional controls (more) available for this specific page / context.

1. What are the 3 dots called on a menu?
2. Why are the 3 dots called hamburger?
3. What is the 3 vertical dots icon called?
4. What is meant by hamburger icon?

What are the 3 dots called on a menu?

The 'kebab' (three vertical dots), which originated in Google's Material Design language, is designed to open a smaller inline menu from a button or other control. The kebab menu, also known as the three-dot menu and the vertical three-dot menu, is an icon used to open a menu with additional options.

Why are the 3 dots called hamburger?

The hamburger button (the triple bar ≡ or trigram symbol ☰), so named for its unintentional resemblance to a hamburger, is a button typically placed in a top corner of a graphical user interface.

What is the 3 vertical dots icon called?

An ellipsis (three dots) vertically aligned. It is sometimes used to communicate the continuation of a list vertically as opposed to horizontally.

What is meant by hamburger icon?

A hamburger icon, in user interface (UI) design, is a navigational symbol consisting of three stacked horizontal lines that indicate the location of a hidden menu. The icon got its name from the fact that its structure resembles a burger in a bun in a simplified graphic.