What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Spelling vs Grammar - What's the difference?

spelling | grammar |

As verbs the difference between spelling and grammar

is that spelling is present participle of lang=en while grammar is to discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

As nouns the difference between spelling and grammar

is that spelling is the act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography while grammar is a system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.

spelling

English

(wikipedia spelling)

Verb

(head)
  • * 2006 , Wm. Shakespeare, Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor, eds., Hamlet , London: Arden Shakespeare:
    • [p 88] A persuasive theory about the authority of the quarto or Folio texts might shed light on how Shakespeare actually spelt these names in a particular manuscript, but, since Shakespeare seemed capable of spelling his own name differently on different occasions, how reliable a guide would such evidence be?

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
  • * 1904 , , Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White , p 43:
    • For the practical use of spelling comes in writing.
  • * 1920 , Henry Gallup Paine, Handbook of Simplified Spelling , New York: Simplified Spelling Board, p 1:
    • Spelling was invented by man and, like other human inventions, is capable of development and improvement by man in the direction of simplicity, economy, and efficiency.
  • * 2001 , , The Program , New York: Dell, p 66:
    • I knew that Kriciak, the inspector who was supervising me for the Marshals Service, was going to go nuts when I told him that I wanted to allow Landon to participate in soccer and spelling .
  • (uncountable) The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.
  • * 2006 , Wm. Shakespeare, Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor, eds., Hamlet , London: Arden Shakespeare:
    • [p 88] Because Elizabethan spelling' was fluid, editors feel free to ‘modernize’ (correct) the '''spelling''' in the quartos and the Folio. But how is one to spell Rosencratz or Guildenstern, where the ' spelling varies, not only from text to text, but even within texts?
  • (countable) A specific spelling of a word.
  • * 2006 , Wm. Shakespeare, Ann Thompson and Neil Taylor, eds., Hamlet , London: Arden Shakespeare:
    • [p 253] *excellent'  Q2’s ‘extent’ is generally dismissed as an error, probably a mis-reading of ‘exlent’, a common ' spelling at this time.
    [p 269] reverend   The spellings ‘reuerent’ (Q2) and ‘Reuerend’ (F) were interchangeable at this time.
    [p 466] Guildensterne and Rosincrance are F’s consistent spellings .
  • (US, rare, dated, countable, or, uncountable) A spelling test or spelling bee.
  • * 1860 , , The Colonel's Diary: Journals Kept Before and During the Civil War [1922], Sharon, Penn., p 23:
    • The boys were anxious for a spelling in the evening but I said no.
  • * 1889 , , “A’ Old Played-Out Song”, in Pipes O' Pan at Zekesbury , Indianapolis, Ind.: Bowen-Merrill, p 45:
    • How her face ust to look, in the twilight, / As I tuck her to spellin’ ; and she / Kep’ a-hummin’ that song ’tel I ast her, / Pine-blank, ef she ever missed me!
  • * 2004 , Carl Lindahl, ed., American Folktales: From the Collections of the Library of Congress , v 1, Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharpe, p 416:
    • So we'd sit with these girls during school hours, and we told them, if they'd slip off, that we'd get away, and we'd go to [the school] to a spelling .

    Synonyms

    * (subject) orthography

    Derived terms

    * alternative spelling * misspelling * pronunciation spelling * respell * respelling * spelling bee * spelling checker * spell checker, spell-checker * spell check, spell-check, spellcheck * spelling pronunciation * spelling reform ----

    grammar

    English

    Alternative forms

    * grammary

    Noun

  • A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
  • (uncountable, linguistics) The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
  • A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
  • (computing theory) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
  • * 2006 , Patrick Blackburn · Johan Bos · Kristina Striegnitz, Learn Prolog Now! , §8.2
    • Because real lexicons are big and complex, from a software engineering perspective it is best to write simple grammars that have a simple, well-defined way, of pulling out the information they need from vast lexicons. That is, grammars should be thought of as separate entities which can access the information contained in lexicons. We can then use specialised mechanisms for efficiently storing the lexicon and retrieving data from it.
  • (computing theory) A formal system defining a formal language
  • The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.
  • * 2011 , (Javier Solana) and (Daniel Innerarity), Project Syndicate, The New Grammar of Power :
    • We must learn a new grammar of power in a world that is made up more of the common good – or the common bad – than of self-interest or national interest.
  • (British, archaic) A textbook.
    • a grammar of geography
  • (UK) A grammar school.
  • * 2012, Graeme Paton, A green light for more grammars ?'' (in ''The Daily Telegraph , 11 January 2012)

    • Synonyms

    * (linguistics) morpho-syntax (from the relationship between morphology and syntax)

    Hyponyms

    * * *

    Derived terms

    * * *

    Related terms

    *

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
    • (Beaumont and Fletcher)

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * *

    External links

    * grammar] at [http://septicscompanion.com The Septic's Companion: A British Slang Dictionary ----