Definiendum vs Definiens - What's the difference?
definiendum | definiens |
(semantics) The term—word or phrase—defined in a definition.
(semantics) The word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition.
Definiens is a related term of definiendum.
In semantics terms the difference between definiendum and definiens
is that definiendum is the term—word or phrase—defined in a definition while definiens is the word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition.definiendum
English
(Definition)Noun
(definienda)- In the defining statement "A lake is a large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water", "lake" is the definiendum, "stretch of water" is the genus, and "large", "landlocked" and "naturally occurring" are the differentiae.
External links
* ----definiens
English
Noun
(definientia)- In the defining statement “A lake is a large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water”, “large, landlocked, naturally occurring stretch of water” is the definiens .