Cline vs Deme - What's the difference?
cline | deme |
(biology) A gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group.
Any graduated continuum.
* 2005 , Ronnie Cann, Ruth Kempson and Lutz Marten, The Dynamics of Language, an Introduction , p. 412
As nouns the difference between cline and deme
is that cline is a gradation in a character or phenotype within a species or other group while deme is a township or other subdivision of ancient Attica.As a proper noun Cline
is {{surname}.cline
English
Noun
(en noun)- This account effectively reconstructs the well-known grammaticalisation cline from anaphora to agreement, …