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Orthographic vs Phonetic - What's the difference?

orthographic | phonetic |

As adjectives the difference between orthographic and phonetic

is that orthographic is of a projection used in maps, architecture etc., in which the rays are parallel while phonetic is relating to the sounds of spoken language.

As a noun phonetic is

in such logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.

orthographic

English

Alternative forms

* orthographick (obsolete)

Adjective

(-)
  • Of a projection used in maps, architecture etc., in which the rays are parallel.
  • Of, or relating to, orthography.

    • Synonyms

    * (maps) orthographical

    phonetic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
  • (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes)

    • Derived terms

    * phonetical * phonetically

    Related terms

    * phone * phoneme * phonemic * phonetics * semiphonetic * fauxnetic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) In such logographic writing systems as the Chinese writing system, the portion of a character (if any) that provides an indication of its pronunciation; contrasted with radical.