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Phonetic vs Phenetic - What's the difference?

phonetic | phenetic |

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

    (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.

    • phenetic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (systematics): Of, or relating to, phenetics.