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Onomastics vs Onomastica - What's the difference?

onomastics | onomastica |

As nouns the difference between onomastics and onomastica

is that onomastics is the branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names while onomastica is plural of onomasticon.

onomastics

English

(wikipedia onomastics)

Noun

(en-plural noun)
  • The branch of lexicology devoted to the study of names and naming, especially the origins of names.

    • Synonyms

    * onomatology

    Related terms

    * onomastic * onomastician * onomasticon

    Hypernyms

    * lexicology * etymology

    Hyponyms

    * anthroponymy * toponymy

    Derived terms

    * anthroponomastics * toponomastics

    References

    onomastica

    English

    Noun

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