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Contextual vs Classeme - What's the difference?

contextual | classeme |

As an adjective contextual

is of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.

As a noun classeme is

a generic or contextual seme, denoting a group of objects.

contextual

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of, pertaining to, or depending on the context of information; relating to the situation or location in which the information was found.

    • classeme

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (semiotics) A generic or contextual seme, denoting a group of objects.
  • *{{quote-book, 1986, , Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language, page=190, isbn=0253351685 citation
    • , passage=Given that "bark" has two classemes , human and canine, it is the presence of the dog or the commissioner that decides whether "bark" is taken in a literal or figurative sense.}}

    Derived terms

    *classemic