Terminology vs Semantics - What's the difference?
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The doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms, a system of specialized terms.
The set of terms actually used in any business, art, science, or the like; nomenclature; technical terms; as, the terminology of chemistry.
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, title= (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.
The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
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The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
As nouns the difference between terminology and semantics
is that terminology is the doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms, a system of specialized terms while semantics is a branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words.terminology
Noun
(terminologies)Welcome to the plastisphere, passage=[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across.
Synonyms
* nomenclature, vocabulary, language, wording, phraseology, jargon, lingo, -eseDerived terms
* terminological * terminologically * terminologistExternal links
* *semantics
English
Noun
(wikipedia semantics) (-)- Semantics is a foundation of lexicography.
- 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 semantics of the terms used are debatable.
- The semantics of a single preposition is a dissertation in itself.