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Semiotic vs Syllabic - What's the difference?

semiotic | syllabic |

As adjectives the difference between semiotic and syllabic

is that semiotic is of or relating to semiotics or to semantics while syllabic is of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.

As a noun syllabic is

(linguistics) a syllabic sound.

semiotic

English

Alternative forms

* semeiotic

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
  • (medicine, dated) Of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases.
  • (Webster 1913)

    Anagrams

    *

    syllabic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
  • Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
  • (linguistics) Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle (r?d'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (i?) and the (l).
  • Of, or being a form of verse, based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.
  • Derived terms

    * quinquesyllabic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A syllabic sound.