Locution vs Locus - What's the difference?
locution | locus |
A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.
The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
* 1992 , Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.
A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.
(mathematics) The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition.
(genetics) A fixed position on a chromosome that may be occupied by one or more genes.
As nouns the difference between locution and locus
is that locution is a phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage while locus is a place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime.locution
English
(wikipedia locution)Noun
(en noun)- The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions .
- So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".
Derived terms
* (l) * (l)References
* * * ----locus
English
Noun
(loci)- The cafeteria was the locus of activity.
- A circle is the locus of points from which the distance to the center is a given value, the radius.
