As the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) continues to broaden its base on both international and transdisciplinary levels, it becomes increasingly important that researchers, educators, and other professionals subscribe to the same terminology. Two terms have been used in recent years to describe what appears to be the same concept. Yovetich has defined and quantified a variable called “representativeness,” which is associated with Dual Coding Theory. This variable is similar to translucency, a variable that describes an aspect of iconicity. Although proponents of Dual Coding Theory state that the two variables are distinctly different concepts, evidence suggests that the two actually describe the same phenomenon. This belief is based upon the following findings: (1) representativeness and translucency are defined and quantified in the same manner, (2) both variables have the same effect on the learning of Blissymbols, (3) the two have been found to influence symbol learnability more than any other variable studied to date, and (4) high correlations have been found between the two variables. The similarity between representativeness and translucency is discussed relative to the desire to reduce redundant terminology in the AAC literature.