As adjectives the difference between phonetic and phenetic
is that phonetic is relating to the sounds of spoken language while phenetic is : Of, or relating to, phenetics.
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.
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
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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.