Syntax vs Vocabulary - What's the difference?
syntax | vocabulary |
A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
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(computing, countable) The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.
(linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences and language.
A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
The collection of words a person knows and uses.
The stock of words used in a particular field.
The words of a language collectively.
A range of artistic or stylistic forms or techniques
As nouns the difference between syntax and vocabulary
is that syntax is a set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences while vocabulary is a usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.syntax
English
(wikipedia syntax)Noun
(syntaxes)- The incorporation of a rule of V MOVEMENT into our description of English Syntax turns out to have fundamental theoretical implications for our overall Theory of Grammar: it means that we are no longer able to posit that the syntactic structure of a sentence can be described in terms of a single Phrase-marker representing its S-structure. For, the postulation of a rule of V-MOVEMENT means that we must recognise at least two different levels of structure in our Theory of Grammar — namely, a level of D-structure'' (formerly known as ‘Deep Structure?) which serves as input to the rule, and a separate level of ''S-structure which is formed by application of the rule.
Usage notes
The joke plural syntices occasionally occurs in blogs (by false analogy with matrix etc.)Derived terms
* morphosyntax * syntactic * syntacticianSee also
* grammar * morphology ----vocabulary
English
Noun
(vocabularies)- My Russian vocabulary is very limited.
- The vocabulary of social sciences is often incomprehensible to ordinary people.
- The vocabulary of any language is influenced by contacts with other cultures.