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Vernacular vs Binocular - What's the difference?

vernacular | binocular |

In lang=en terms the difference between vernacular and binocular

is that vernacular is is connected to a collective memory; not imported while binocular is any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.

As nouns the difference between vernacular and binocular

is that vernacular is the language of a people or a national language while binocular is attributive of lang=en.

As adjectives the difference between vernacular and binocular

is that vernacular is of or pertaining to everyday language while binocular is using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.

vernacular

English

(wikipedia vernacular)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The language of a people or a national language.
    • ''A vernacular of the United States is English.
  • Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to literary, liturgical, or scientific language.
    • Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere.
  • Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.
    • For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language.
  • (Roman Catholicism) The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Mass are translated.
    • Vatican II allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular .

    Synonyms

    * (language unique to a group) argot, jargon, slang

    Antonyms

    * (national language) lingua franca

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to everyday language.
  • Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.
    • a vernacular disease
  • (architecture) of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported
  • (art) is connected to a collective memory; not imported

    • Synonyms

    * (of everyday language) common, everyday, indigenous, ordinary, vulgar * (architecture) folk

    External links

    * * * English terms derived from Etruscan ----

    binocular

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Using two eyes or viewpoints; especially, using two eyes or viewpoints to ascertain distance.
    • a binocular microscope or telescope
  • * Derham
    • Most animals are binocular .
  • * {{quote-web
    • , date = 2013-07-09 , author = Joselle DiNunzio Kehoe , title = Cognition, brains and Riemann , site = plus.maths.org , url = http://plus.maths.org/content/cognition-brains-and-riemann , accessdate = 2013-09-08 }}
    Studies in biology and cognitive science point to biological processes that appear to be mathematically oriented — there are cells in our visual system that are sensitive only to vertical structures, our perception of distance arises from the geometry of binocular vision and our early learning seems based on calculating probabilities. The body is built to create structure from sensory data — to weave it into the objects we perceive.

    Derived terms

    * binocularity * binocular vision

    See also

    * binoculars

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A pair of binoculars.
  • *'>citation
  • (dated) Any binocular glass, such as an opera glass, telescope, or microscope.
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