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Chatty vs Demotic - What's the difference?

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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)
  • (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
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    demotic

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or for the common people.
  • *
  • Of, relating to, or written in the vulgar form of ancient Egyptian hieratic writing.
  • demotic script is a simplified, cursive form of hieroglyphs used in ancient Egypt.
  • Of, relating to, or written in the form of modern vernacular Greek.
  • demotic Greek

    Synonyms

    * (of the vulgar form of hieratic writing) enchorial

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) Language as spoken or written by the common people.
  • * 2010 , , accents map
  • Note the intrusion into British demotic (“me and Cheryl were having”) of the valley-girl quotative be, like .

    Derived terms

    * demotist