Chatty vs Demotic - What's the difference?
chatty | demotic | Related terms |
(informal) Of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting.
(informal) Of a text or speech, expressed in a conversational style.
(WWI slang) Infested with chats, ie, lice
Of or for the common people.
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Of, relating to, or written in the vulgar form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.
(linguistics) Language as spoken or written by the common people.
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Chatty is a related term of demotic.
As adjectives the difference between chatty and demotic
is that chatty is (informal) of a person, chatting a lot or fond of chatting while demotic is of or for the common people.As a noun demotic is
(linguistics) language as spoken or written by the common people.chatty
English
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* See alsodemotic
English
(wikipedia demotic)Adjective
(-)- demotic script is a simplified, cursive form of hieroglyphs used in ancient Egypt.
- demotic Greek
Synonyms
* (of the vulgar form of hieratic writing) enchorialNoun
(en noun)accents map
- Note the intrusion into British demotic (“me and Cheryl were having”) of the valley-girl quotative be, like .
