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- Difference between lexicon, vocabulary and dictionary
Some say the lexicon is inherent to a language (objective) while a vocabulary is only relative to a (group of) person (s) (subjective) Wikipedia says the lexicon is the vocabulary of a language Dictionary should be an easy one, it's a mapping, either between languages or between words and word sense definitions
- vocabulary - Difference between lexicon and dictionary - English . . .
A lexicon is a list of words that belong to a particular language Sometimes, lexicon is used as another word for thesaurus (see below) A dictionary is a list of words and phrases that are (or were) in common usage, together with their definitions - so a dictionary is different from a lexicon because a lexicon is a simple list and doesn't define the words A thesaurus is a dictionary of
- differences - Terminology vs jargon vs lexicon - English Language . . .
A lexicon is just a catalog or dictionary of terms Terminology is the set of specialized terms in my field of study These items are clearly understood by others in my field of study Jargon is a set of terms used by people in other fields of study These terms are confusing, ambiguous and frustrating
- meaning - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I am seeing the term "unmeasurable" used occasionally to describe measurements that could not be taken due to unusual circumstances For example, audio qualities might not be measurable if there is a
- Why dj instead of j? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Aren't those words welcomed into our lexicon? Examples: Ramin Djawadi (Iranian-German musician), N'Djamena (the capital city of Chad), Djibouti (an African country), Novak Djokovic (Serbian tennis player), etc But on the other hand, we have Jamal Khashoggi (Saudi journalist), Jawaharlal Nehru (the first prime minister of India), etc
- meaning - What is it called when words are deliberately spelled . . .
For example, Night -> Nite Through -> Thru The -> Da Though -> Tho Nite even appears in some dictionaries as having the same meaning as night What is it called when words are deliberat
- Proper use of vernacular - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Is this proper use of the word vernacular? Wow! Curmudgeons is a cool word! I'm going to add it to my vernacular
- Dictionary and vocabulary — when to use either?
From the OED: A word-book or dictionary; chiefly applied to a dictionary of Greek, Hebrew, Syriac, or Arabic The restricted use is due to the fact that until recently dictionaries of these particular languages were usually in Latin, and in mod L lexicon, not dictionarius, has been the word generally used
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