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Literate vs Semiliteracy - What's the difference?

literate | semiliteracy |

As nouns the difference between literate and semiliteracy

is that literate is a person who is able to read and write while semiliteracy is the state of not being fully literate, or having an imperfect grasp of the written language.

As an adjective literate

is able to read and write; having literacy.

literate

English

(wikipedia literate)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • 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:
    • 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.

    Antonyms

    * illiterate

    Derived terms

    * computer literate

    Related terms

    * letter * literal * literacy * literary * literature

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is able to read and write

    • External links

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    Anagrams

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    semiliteracy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state of not being fully literate, or having an imperfect grasp of the written language
    • Despite his high-school education, he is still stuck in semiliteracy .

    Coordinate terms

    *literacy *illiteracy

    Related terms

    *semiliterate