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Semantic vs Lexical - What's the difference?

semantic | lexical |

As adjectives the difference between semantic and lexical

is that semantic is semantic while lexical is (linguistics) concerning the vocabulary, words or morphemes of a language.

semantic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.
  • (software design, of code) Reflecting intended structure and meaning.
  • Petty]] or trivial; (of a person or statement) quibbling, [[niggle, niggling.
  • Derived terms

    * antisemantic * semantically * semantic change * semantic field * semantic shift

    References

    * (Semantic Web) * * * * " Semantic code: What? Why? How?" in boagworld. *

    Anagrams

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    lexical

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (linguistics) concerning the vocabulary, words or morphemes of a language
  • *
  • So, it seems clear that the idiosyncratic restrictions relating to the range of
    complements which a Preposition does or does not permit are directly analo-
    gous to the parallel restrictions which hold in the case of Verbs. The restric-
    tions concerned are not categorial'' in nature (i.e. they are not associated with
    every single item belonging to a given category): on the contrary, they are
    ''lexical
    in nature (that is to say, they are properties of individual lexical items,
    so that different words belonging to the same category permit a different range
    of complements).
  • (linguistics) concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary
  • Derived terms

    * bilexical * lexical analysis * lexical analyzer * lexical definition * lexical item * lexicality * lexically * lexical semantics * lexical unit * monolexical * polylexical