Literary vs Illiteracy - What's the difference?
literary | illiteracy |
Relating to literature.
* Johnson
Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
* Mason
Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
Bookish.
(uncountable) The inability to read.
(uncountable) The portion of a population unable to read, generally given as a percentage.
(countable) A word, phrase or grammatical turn thought to be characteristic of an illiterate person.
As an adjective literary
is relating to literature.As a noun illiteracy is
the inability to read.literary
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- literary''' fame; a '''literary''' history; '''literary conversation
- He has long outlived his century, the term commonly fixed as the test of literary merit.
- a literary man
- in the literary as well as fashionable world
Synonyms
* (l)Derived terms
* literary criticism * literary device * literary form * literary genre * literary technique * literary theoryExternal links
* *Anagrams
*illiteracy
English
Noun
- Illiteracy is widespread in certain areas of the country.
