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Lingua vs Linguistics - What's the difference?

lingua | linguistics |

As nouns the difference between lingua and linguistics

is that lingua is (zoology) a tongue while linguistics is the scientific study of language.

lingua

English

Noun

(linguae)
  • (zoology) A tongue.
  • (zoology) A median process of the labium, at the underside of the mouth in insects, and serving as a tongue.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    linguistics

    English

    Noun

    (wikiversity linguistics lecture) (wikipedia linguistics) (-)
  • The scientific study of language.

    • Synonyms

    * (l)

    Meronyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * algebraic linguistics * applied linguistics * archaeolinguistics * biolinguistics * clinical linguistics * comparative linguistics * computational linguistics * diachronic linguistics * ecolinguistics * ethnolinguistics * Eurolinguistics * evolutionary linguistics * historical linguistics * interlinguistics * metalinguistics * microlinguistics * neurolinguistics * paleolinguistics * pseudolinguistics * psycholinguistics * sociolinguistics * theolinguistics * xenolinguistics

    Related terms

    * linguist * linguistic

    See also

    * diction * grammar * morphology * philology * phonetics * phonology * pragmatics * semantics * syntax