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Morpheme vs Lexicon - What's the difference?

morpheme | lexicon |

As nouns the difference between morpheme and lexicon

is that morpheme is the smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable" while lexicon is the vocabulary of a language.

morpheme

English

(wikipedia morpheme)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (linguistic morphology) The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning, such as "un-", "break", and "-able" in the word "unbreakable".
    • The word pigs'' consists of two morphemes : ''pig'' (a particular animal) and ''s'' (indication of the plural).
    The word werewolves''' consists of four morphemes: "''were''" (~ man), "''wolf''" (a particular animal), "''es " (plural), and " ' " (indicating possessive).

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Hyponyms

    * prefix * suffix * affix

    Holonyms

    * word

    Derived terms

    * morphemic

    Related terms

    * free morpheme * bound morpheme * allomorph * lexeme * lemma * sememe * word form

    See also

    * chereme * chroneme * grapheme * lexeme * listeme * phoneme * toneme

    lexicon

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia lexicon) (en-noun)
  • The vocabulary of a language.
  • (linguistics) A dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes.
  • A dictionary of Classical Greek, Hebrew, Latin, or Aramaic.
  • (programming) The lexicology of a programming language. (Usually called lexical structure.)
  • (rare) Any dictionary.
  • The vocabulary used by or known to an individual. (Also called lexical knowledge)
  • A vocabulary specific to a certain subject.
    • a baseball lexicon

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * lexical * lexicography * lexicology

    External links

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals ----