Lexicographic vs Alphabetical - What's the difference?
lexicographic | alphabetical |
Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
* 1986 , Arthur Hilary Armstrong, A. A. Armstrong, Classical Mediterranean Spirituality: Egyptian, Greek, Roman ?, page 486
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
(obsolete) literal
* Milton
As adjectives the difference between lexicographic and alphabetical
is that lexicographic is like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary) while alphabetical is pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.lexicographic
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(head)Usage notes
* The phrase lexicographic order' means in '''alphabetical order . It is a common term in computer science. It may indicate that numbers are to be treated as strings so ''10'' comes before ''2'' because there is no positional weighting and the symbol ''1'' comes before ''2 .Derived terms
* lexicographical * lexicographicallyalphabetical
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(-)- Paul, who talks about what the magical papyri do, has in his first letter to the Corinthians described basic aspects of alphabetical language.
- All names were placed into an alphabetical list.
- Alphabetical servility.
