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Etymology vs Lexicography - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between etymology and lexicography

is that etymology is the study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words while lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.

etymology

English

Noun

(wikipedia etymology) (etymologies)
  • (uncountable) The study of the historical development of languages, particularly as manifested in individual words.
  • (countable) An account of the origin and historical development of a word.

    • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with .

    Derived terms

    * etymological * fake etymology * false etymology * folk etymology * popular etymology

    Related terms

    * etymon * etymologist * etymologize

    Hyponyms

    * onomastics

    References

    * * * English words suffixed with -ology

    lexicography

    English

    (wikipedia lexicography)

    Noun

  • The art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries.
  • (linguistics) The scholarly discipline of analyzing and describing the semantic, syntagmatic and paradigmatic relationships within the lexicon (vocabulary) of a language and developing theories of dictionary components and structures linking the data in dictionaries.

    • Related terms

    * lexicographer * lexicon * lexicology