Nomenclature vs Argot - What's the difference?
nomenclature | argot |
(obsolete) A name.
A set of names or terms.
A set of rules used for forming the names or terms in a particular field of arts or sciences.
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A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.
The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers; a jargon.
As nouns the difference between nomenclature and argot
is that nomenclature is a name while argot is a secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.nomenclature
English
(wikipedia nomenclature)Noun
- It is also pertinent to note that the current obvious decline in work on holarctic hepatics most surely reflects a current obsession with cataloging and with nomenclature of the organisms—as divorced from their study as living entities.
Synonyms
* terminologyDerived terms
* zoological nomenclatureSee also
* taxonomyExternal links
* * ----argot
English
Noun
(en noun)- The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the uninitiate.