Lexis vs Terminology - What's the difference?
lexis | terminology |
(linguistics) The set of all words and phrases in a language.
The vocabulary used by a writer
The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms, a system of specialized terms.
The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.
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As nouns the difference between lexis and terminology
is that lexis is the set of all words and phrases in a language while terminology is the doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms, a system of specialized terms.lexis
English
(wikipedia lexis)Noun
(en-noun)- In this broadsheet newspaper, the reporter uses a complicated and formal lexis which I find hard to understand sometimes.
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(terminologies)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.