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Emphatic vs Unambiguous - What's the difference?

emphatic | unambiguous |

As adjectives the difference between emphatic and unambiguous

is that emphatic is characterized by emphasis while unambiguous is clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity.

As a noun emphatic

is (phonology) an emphatic consonant.

emphatic

English

Alternative forms

* emphatick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Characterized by emphasis.
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  • Stated with conviction.
  • He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
  • belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to
  • (phonology) of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages.
  • Derived terms

    * emphatically

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonology) an emphatic consonant
  • See also

    * phatic

    Anagrams

    *

    unambiguous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • clear, and having no uncertainty or ambiguity
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    An LR(k'') grammar is clearly unambiguous''', since the definition
    implies every derivation tree must have the same handle, and by induc-
    tion there is only one possible tree. It is interesting to point out further-
    more that nearly every grammar which is known to be '''unambiguous
    is
    either an LR(''k'') grammar, or (dually) is a right-to-left translatable
    grammar, or is some grammar which is translated using "both ends to-
    ward the middle." Thus, the LR(''k
    ) condition may be regarded as the most
    powerful general test for nonambiguity that is now available.

    Antonyms

    * ambiguous