Literate vs Illiterate - What's the difference?
literate | illiterate | Antonyms |
Able to read and write; having literacy.
Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).
* 2005 , Nicholas Ostler, Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World , Harper:
Unable to read and write.
Having less than an expected standard of familiarity with language and literature, or having little formal education.
Not conforming to prescribed standards of speech or writing.
Illiterate is a antonym of literate.
As adjectives the difference between literate and illiterate
is that literate is able to read and write; having literacy while illiterate is unable to read and write.As nouns the difference between literate and illiterate
is that literate is a person who is able to read and write while illiterate is an illiterate person, one not able to read.literate
English
(wikipedia literate)Adjective
(en adjective)- The Mongol emperor Kublai Khan even commissioned an alphabetic script for his empire, to be used officially for all its literate languages, Mongolian, Chinese, Turkic and Persian.