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- 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
- 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
- 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
- lexicon - Am I a “rising junior” or a “rising sophomore”? - English . . .
On an application it’s asking which rising class standing I am I’m in college and came in with a full semester (half a year) of credits Thus after finishing my first semester and at time of
- Proper use of vernacular - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
This is an incorrect use of vernacular; it really should be vocabulary The reason why this is incorrect is that vernacular refers to the vocabulary of common words shared by a group of people
- differences vernacular vs. colloquial - English Language Usage Stack . . .
What is the difference between the words vernacular and colloquial? Is vernacular closer to jargon? A quick search reveals that colloquial refers to informal spoken language while vernacular refer
- What is regomised? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Which lexicon is the one you deem relevant? Just so I know next time not to ask here if I can't find it in the lexicon Btw, personally I contest the very idea behind intellectual property and wish to see parents, teachers and mentors receive lifelong royalties from their protégés to prove we take the concept seriously Also the rest of the
- Where did the term OK Okay come from? - English Language Usage . . .
According to the OED, the term OK began its days as a humorous initialism “apparently derived from the initial letters of oll (or orl) korrect, jocular alteration of ‘all correct’ ”, when it was first seen almost 200 years ago in the United States, way back in 1839
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