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Subliterate vs Literate - What's the difference?

subliterate | literate |

As adjectives the difference between subliterate and literate

is that subliterate is having inferior literacy skills while literate is able to read and write; having literacy.

As nouns the difference between subliterate and literate

is that subliterate is a subliterate person while literate is a person who is able to read and write.

subliterate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having inferior literacy skills.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A subliterate person.

    • literate

    English

    (wikipedia literate)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Able to read and write; having literacy.
  • Knowledgeable in literature, writing; literary; well-read.
  • Which is used in writing (of a language or dialect).
  • * 2005 , Nicholas Ostler, Empires of the Word: A Language History of the World , Harper:
    • The Mongol emperor Kublai Khan even commissioned an alphabetic script for his empire, to be used officially for all its literate languages, Mongolian, Chinese, Turkic and Persian.

    Antonyms

    * illiterate

    Derived terms

    * computer literate

    Related terms

    * letter * literal * literacy * literary * literature

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who is able to read and write

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