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Phonemic vs Phonological - What's the difference?

phonemic | phonological |

As adjectives the difference between phonemic and phonological

is that phonemic is (linguistics) relating to phonemes while phonological is of or relating to phonology.

phonemic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (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

    phonological

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or relating to phonology.
  • *
    • [...] Phonological' competence is also reflected in intuitions about '''phonological''' structure: any English speaker intuitively feels, for example, that the sequence 'black bird' can either be a single '''phonological''' word ('''BLACK'''bird, with primary stress on ''black'' = a species of bird, like thrush, robin, etc.), or two independent '''phonological''' words ('''BLACK BIRD''' or black ' BIRD = bird which is black, as opposed to 'white bird', 'yellow bird', etc.).

    Derived terms

    * phonologically