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Biliteral vs Bilingual - What's the difference?

biliteral | bilingual |

As adjectives the difference between biliteral and bilingual

is that biliteral is composed of two letters while bilingual is having the ability to speak two languages.

As a noun bilingual is

a person who is able to use two languages.

biliteral

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Composed of two letters
  • Written in two different scripts

    • bilingual

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bi-lingual

    Adjective

    (wikipedia bilingual) (-)
  • Having the ability to speak two languages
  • Spoken or written in two different languages
    • a bilingual dictionary
  • Characterized by the use or presence of two languages

    • Derived terms

    * bilingualism * bilinguality

    Synonyms

    * diglot

    See also

    * biscriptal

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is able to use two languages.