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Terms vs Subsense - What's the difference?

terms | subsense |

As nouns the difference between terms and subsense

is that terms is while subsense is (lexicography) a sense of a word that reflects a part or aspect of a more general sense.

terms

English

Noun

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    subsense

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (lexicography) A sense of a word that reflects a part or aspect of a more general sense
  • *{{quote-book, 2003, , Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, page=21a, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=O78rzaI2XmUC&pg=PA21
    • , passage=When an italicized label or guide phrase follows a boldface numeral, the label or phrase applies only to that specific numbered sense and its subsenses .}}