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Lexical vs Grammatical - What's the difference?

lexical | grammatical |

In linguistics terms the difference between lexical and grammatical

is that lexical is concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary while grammatical is acceptable as a correct sentence or clause as determined by the rules and conventions of the grammar, or morpho-syntax of the language.

lexical

English

Adjective

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  • (linguistics) concerning the vocabulary, words or morphemes of a language
  • *
  • So, it seems clear that the idiosyncratic restrictions relating to the range of
    complements which a Preposition does or does not permit are directly analo-
    gous to the parallel restrictions which hold in the case of Verbs. The restric-
    tions concerned are not categorial'' in nature (i.e. they are not associated with
    every single item belonging to a given category): on the contrary, they are
    ''lexical
    in nature (that is to say, they are properties of individual lexical items,
    so that different words belonging to the same category permit a different range
    of complements).
  • (linguistics) concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary
  • Derived terms

    * bilexical * lexical analysis * lexical analyzer * lexical definition * lexical item * lexicality * lexically * lexical semantics * lexical unit * monolexical * polylexical

    grammatical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (linguistics) Acceptable as a correct sentence or clause as determined by the rules and conventions of the grammar, or morpho-syntax of the language.
  • Your writing is not grammatical enough for publication.
  • Of or pertaining to grammar.
  • My friend used a grammatical textbook to support her argument.

    Antonyms

    * (acceptable) ungrammatical

    Derived terms

    * grammatical aspect * grammaticality * grammatical mood * grammaticalness