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Semitic vs Semantic - What's the difference?

semitic | semantic |

As adjectives the difference between semitic and semantic

is that semitic is of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afro-Asiatic Semitic languages: Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc while semantic is of or relating to semantics or the meanings of words.

As a proper noun Semitic

is the Semitic languages in general.

semitic

English

Alternative forms

* semitic, Shemitic, shemitic

Adjective

(-)
  • Of or pertaining to a subdivision of Afro-Asiatic : Amharic, Arabic, Aramaic, Syriac, Akkadian, Hebrew, Maltese, Tigrigna, Phoenician etc.
  • Of or pertaining to the Semites; of or pertaining to one or more Semitic peoples.
  • * 2008 , Gary A. Tobin, The Trouble with Textbooks , page 93:
    • On the other hand, scholars say that the Philistines were an Indo-European people not related to the Semitic Palestinians.
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  • # (biblical) Of or pertaining to the descendants of .
  • # (in particular) Of or pertaining to the Israeli, Jewish, or Hebrew people.
  • # Of or pertaining to any of the religions which originated among the Semites; Abrahamic.
  • #* 1893 , George Thomas Bettany, Mohammedanism and Other Religions of Mediterranean Countries , page 45:
  • Thus we trace ever and again the similarities which are to be found among the Semitic religions.
  • #* 2011 , Makau Mutua, ''Human Rights: A Political and Cultural Critique, page 114:
  • The Semitic religions (Christianity and Islam) are nationally honored in much of Africa.
  • #* 2005 , Xavier William, World Religions, True Beliefs and New Age Spirituality , page 45:
  • In contrast to these Semitic religions some religions of Indian origin like Buddhism and Jainism, are pacifist to the extent of banning the killing of animals even for food.

    • Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Semitic languages in general.

    • See also

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    External links

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    Related terms

    * anti-Semite * anti-semite * antisemite * anti-Semitic * anti-semitic * antisemitic * anti-Semitism * anti-semitism * antisemitism * pro-Semite * pro-semite * prosemite * pro-Semitic * pro-semitic * prosemitic * pro-Semitism * pro-semitism * prosemitism * Sem * Semite * Semitics * Semitism * Shem

    See also

    * . * . * .

    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

    Related terms

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

    References

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

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