Argot vs Lexicon - What's the difference?
argot | lexicon |
A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers; a jargon.
The vocabulary of a language.
(linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
(programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
(rare) Any dictionary.
The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge)
A vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
As nouns the difference between argot and lexicon
is that argot is a secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds while lexicon is the vocabulary of a language.argot
English
Noun
(en noun)- The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.
Synonyms
* (secret language) cant, jargon, slang * (specialized vocabulary) jargonAnagrams
* * * ----lexicon
English
Noun
(wikipedia lexicon) (en-noun)- a baseball lexicon