Wikipedia vs Dictionary - What's the difference?
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A free-content online encyclopedia founded in 2001, collaboratively developed over the World Wide Web in a number of languages.
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The community that develops the Wikipedia encyclopedia.
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(neologism) A main-belt asteroid (No. ).
A version of the encyclopedia (a free-content online encyclopedia) in a particular language.
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A wiki or similar collaborative database.
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(figuratively) A source of abundant encyclopedic knowledge.
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To consult for information.
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A reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically and explaining each word's meaning and sometimes containing information on its etymology, usage, translations and other data.
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By extension, any work that has a list of material organized alphabetically; e.g. biographical dictionary, encyclopedic dictionary.
(label) An associative array, a data structure where each value is referenced by a particular key, analogous to words and definitions in a physical dictionary.
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(label) To look up in a dictionary.
(label) To add to a dictionary.
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To compile a dictionary.
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(label) To appear in a dictionary.
As nouns the difference between wikipedia and dictionary
is that wikipedia is a version of the encyclopedia Wikipedia (a free-content online encyclopedia) in a particular language while dictionary is a reference work with a list of words from one or more languages, normally ordered alphabetically and explaining each word's meaning and sometimes containing information on its etymology, usage, translations, and other data.As verbs the difference between wikipedia and dictionary
is that wikipedia is to consult Wikipedia for information while dictionary is to look up in a dictionary.As a proper noun Wikipedia
is a free-content online encyclopedia founded in 2001, collaboratively developed over the World Wide Web in a number of languages.wikipedia
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Alternative forms
* wikipedia (when used as a common noun)Proper noun
(s)- Civility – translated as savoir-vivre in the French version – is one of the five "pillars" of Wikipedia .
- In August 2009, Wikipedia announced that it planned a move that many saw as a step away from its freewheeling ethos of anyone can edit.
- Wikipedia mounted a 24-hour protest starting at midnight by converting their English page to a shadowy black background and warning readers that "the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet."
Derived terms
* WikipedianNoun
(en noun)- Work in the open-source software community or contribute to wikipedias on your favourite subjects.
Verb
(en verb)Re: (Non-Euros/SAs Only) How did you become a lover of football?", in rec.sport.soccer, Usenet :
- Did a bit of Wikipediaing :
Re: Slow Re-entry", in rec.arts.sf.science, Usenet :
- Is everybody in this group incapable of arithmetic, Googling, and Wikipediaing ?
][http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/9a83a0db36532600?q=Wikipediaing
- I mean, it's true, if Katie Holmes had not become engaged to Tom Cruise, we'd all still be Wikipeidaing her, looking her up, trying to figure out exactly why do I know her, what was she in, is she famous?
][http://www.amazon.com/Roger-Eberts-Movie-Yearbook-2010/dp/B003STCR2EAndrews McMeel Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7407-8536-8, page 363:
- He made me curious enough that I Wikipediaed Bob Satterfield and found out, yes, he was a real fighter, nicknamed the Bombadier, and was KO'd by the Raging Bull himself in a 1946 fight in Wrigley Field.
Like a Drunk One Legged Pirate Stores His Rum, The aTable Stores Your Cords" (blog post), in CraziestGadgets.com:
- That’s a true fact, you can Wikipedia that shizz.
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- I wikipediaed the article on science and learned about the scientific method.
External links
* ("Wikipedia" on Wikipedia) * * ----dictionary
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Noun
(dictionaries)- But what other kind(s) of syntactic information should be included in Lexical Entries? Traditional dictionaries' such as Hornby's (1974) ''Oxford Advanced Learner's '''Dictionary of Current English'' include not only ''categorial'' information in their entries, but also information about the range of ''Complements which a given item permits (this information is represented by the use of a number/letter code).
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RouteCollection.GetVirtualPath, passing in aRequestContext, a dictionary of values, and an optional route name used to select the correct route to generate the URL.
Synonyms
* wordbookDerived terms
* encyclopedic dictionary * explanatory dictionary * fictionary * pedagogical dictionary * Pictionary * pronunciation dictionary * subdictionary * translating dictionary * translationarySee also
* lexicon * encyclopedia * vocabularyAnagrams
*Verb
(en-verb)- By a reference to the following dictionaried abbreviations, the simplicity and harmony of each sentence will be manifestly apparent; although it does not embrace everything, and could not, as it would be far too voluminous for general use.
- Should I use a word that a lot of people use but isn't in the dictionary? Uncle Phil would rather get a root canal than say he was scrapbooking, because the word isn't dictionaried .
- They [dictionary-makers] may have had their romance at home — may have been crossed in love, and thence driven to dictionarying ; may have been involved in domestic tragedies — who can say?