Pronunciation vs Phonetic - What's the difference?
pronunciation | phonetic |
(countable) The standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
(uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
(countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering something.
* 1831 , Thomas Oughton, ?James Thomas Law, Forms of Ecclesiastical Law (page 62)
Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
(linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes)
(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.
As nouns the difference between pronunciation and phonetic
is that pronunciation is the standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken while 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.As an adjective phonetic is
relating to the sounds of spoken language.pronunciation
English
(wikipedia pronunciation)Noun
- What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
- His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
- The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.