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Pronunciation vs Phonetic - What's the difference?

pronunciation | phonetic |

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

Noun

  • (countable) The standard way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
  • What is the pronunciation of "hiccough"?
  • (uncountable) The way in which the words of a language are made to sound when speaking.
  • His Italian pronunciation is terrible.
  • (countable) The act of pronouncing or uttering something.
  • * 1831 , Thomas Oughton, ?James Thomas Law, Forms of Ecclesiastical Law (page 62)
  • The second part is the sentence, which is the judge's pronunciation upon a cause depending between two in controversy.

    Derived terms

    * mispronunciation * pronunciation dictionary * pronunciation guide * pronunciation respelling * pronunciational * Received Pronunciation * spelling pronunciation

    See also

    * SAMPA * phoneme * orthoepy * ----

    phonetic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
  • (linguistics) Relating to phones (as opposed to phonemes)
  • Derived terms

    * phonetical * phonetically

    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.