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Phonemic vs Phonic - What's the difference?

phonemic | phonic |

As adjectives the difference between phonemic and phonic

is that phonemic is (linguistics) relating to phonemes while phonic is of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.

phonemic

English

Adjective

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  • (linguistics) relating to phonemes
    • We've finished our phonemic analysis and we're ready to move on to morphology.
  • (linguistics) relating to a difference between sounds that can change the meaning of words in a language
    • Tone is phonemic in Chinese.

    Related terms

    * phoneme * phonetic * phonology * emic * etic

    phonic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.

    • See also

    * audio

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