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Locution vs Locust - What's the difference?

locution | locust |

As nouns the difference between locution and locust

is that locution is a phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage while locust is a type of grasshopper in the family Acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation.

locution

English

(wikipedia locution)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.
    • The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions .
  • The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
  • * 1992 , Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
    • 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".
  • A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * colloquial * colloquium * colloquy * (l) * (l) * illocution * interlocutor * interlocution * loquacious * perlocution * soliloquy

    References

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    locust

    English

    (wikipedia locust)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of grasshopper in the family Acrididae that flies in swarms and is very destructive to crops and other vegetation.
  • A locust tree.

    • Usage notes

    * sometimes confused with locus

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