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Glossary vs Thesaurus - What's the difference?

glossary | thesaurus |

As nouns the difference between glossary and thesaurus

is that glossary is a list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions while thesaurus is thesaurus.

glossary

Noun

(glossaries)
  • A list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with their definitions.
  • Synonyms

    * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Derived terms

    * bilingual glossary

    thesaurus

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) for the words of a given language.
  • "Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus'' that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.
  • (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
  • (information science) A hierarchy of subject headings—canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
  • Synonyms

    * synonymicon

    Derived terms

    * thesaural

    See also

    * ontology * *