In linguistics|lang=en terms the difference between phonetic and pasigraphy
is that phonetic is (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 while pasigraphy is (linguistics) a writing system where concepts are written instead of words the system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols it is intended to be universally understood.
As nouns the difference between phonetic and pasigraphy
is that phonetic is (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 while pasigraphy is (linguistics) a writing system where concepts are written instead of words the system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols it is intended to be universally understood.
As an adjective phonetic
is relating to the sounds of spoken language.
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.
pasigraphy
English
Noun
(pasigraphies)
(linguistics) A writing system where concepts are written instead of words. The system is not phonetic and uses ideograms, such as mathematical symbols. It is intended to be universally understood.
