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Literacy vs Subliterate - What's the difference?

literacy | subliterate |

As nouns the difference between literacy and subliterate

is that literacy is the ability to read while subliterate is a subliterate person.

As an adjective subliterate is

having inferior literacy skills.

literacy

English

Noun

(literacies)
  • the ability to read
  • understanding of something (ex. computer literacy)

    • Antonyms

    * illiteracy

    Derived terms

    * numeracy

    Related terms

    * letter * literal * literary * literate * literature

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    subliterate

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having inferior literacy skills.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subliterate person.