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Semanteme vs Sememe - What's the difference?

semanteme | sememe |

In linguistics terms the difference between semanteme and sememe

is that semanteme is an indivisible unit of meaning while sememe is the smallest unit of meaning; especially the meaning expressed by a morpheme.

semanteme

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (linguistics) an indivisible unit of meaning
  • sememe

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia sememe) (en noun)
  • (linguistics) The smallest unit of meaning; especially the meaning expressed by a morpheme.