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What is the difference between seme and semantics?

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Semantics is a related term of seme.

Seme is a related term of semantics.


As nouns the difference between seme and semantics

is that seme is {{context|linguistics|semiotics|lang=en}} anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation or sign or seme can be (seam) or seme can be {{context|japanese fiction|lang=en}} an active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top while semantics is {{context|linguistics|lang=en}} a branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.

As a verb seme

is (seem).

As a adjective seme

is {{obsolete form of|semée}}.

seme

English

Etymology 1

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Noun

(en-noun)
  • (linguistics, semiotics) Anything which serves for any purpose as a substitute for an object of which it is, in some sense, a representation or sign.
    • Related terms
    * semantics * semiotics

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    • Etymology 3

    Noun

    (head)

    • Etymology 4

    Adjective

    (head)
  • * , I.46:
    • I bear Azure seme of trefoiles, a Lions Paw in fæce, Or, armed Gules.

    Etymology 5

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    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (Japanese fiction) An active or dominant male character in a same-sex relationship; a top.
  • * 2008 , Dru Pagliassotti, "Better Than Romance? Japanese BL Manga and the Subgenre of Male/Male Romantic Fiction", in Boys' Love Manga: Essays on the Sexual Ambiguity and Cross-Cultural Fandom of the Genre (eds. Antonia Levi, Mark McHarry & Dru Pagliassotti), McFarland & Company (2008), ISBN 9780786441952, page 73:
  • * 2010 , Pentabu, My Girlfriend's a Geek , Volume 1, Yen Press (2012), ISBN 9780316221801, unnumbered page:
    • Sebas has always been the seme .
  • * 2011 , Robin E. Brenner & Snow Wildsmith, "Love through a DIfferent Lens: Japanese Homoerotic Manga through the Eyes of American Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Other Sexualities Readers", in Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World (eds. Timothy Perper & Martha Cornog), Libraries Unlimited (2011), ISBN 9781591589099, page 97:
    • The seme is larger, stronger, and more traditionally masculine, while the uke is smaller, weaker, and more feminine.
    Antonyms
    * uke

    Anagrams

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    semantics

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia semantics) (-)
  • (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
    • Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.
  • The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
  • * 2006 , Patrick Blackburn, Johan Bos, and Kristina Striegnitz, [http://www.learnprolognow.org/lpnpage.php?pagetype=html&pageid=lpn-htmlse32 Learn Prolog Now!] , section 8.1:
    • In fact, nowadays a lot is known about the semantics of natural languages, and it is surprisingly easy to build semantic representations which partially capture the meaning of sentences or even entire discourses.
  • The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
    • The semantics of the terms used are debatable.
    The semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself.

    Derived terms

    * algebraic semantics * axiomatic semantics * computational semantics * denotational semantics * formal semantics * lexical semantics * mathematical semantics * operational semantics * statistical semantics

    Related terms

    * seme * sememe * semantic * semasiology * sematic * sematology * semiotic * semiotics

    See also

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