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Grapheme vs Digraph - What's the difference?

grapheme | digraph |

As nouns the difference between grapheme and digraph

is that grapheme is while digraph is (graph theory) a directed graph or digraph can be (label) a two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.

grapheme

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fundamental unit of a writing system, corresponding to (for example) letters in the English alphabet or jamo in Korean Hangeul.
  • In alphabetic writing, the shortest group of letters composing a phoneme.

    • digraph

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (graph theory) A directed graph.
    • Hyponyms
    * multidigraph

    See also

    (other terms of interest) * adjacency matrix * finite relation * incidence matrix * (Directed graph)

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (label) A two-character sequence used to enter a single conceptual character.
  • (label) A pair of letters, especially a pair representing a single phoneme.
    • Hyponyms
    * diphthong, ligature