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Terminology vs Vernacular - What's the difference?

terminology | vernacular |

As nouns the difference between terminology and vernacular

is that terminology is the doctrine of terms; a theory of terms or appellations; a treatise on terms, a system of specialized terms while vernacular is the language of a people or a national language.

As an adjective vernacular is

of or pertaining to everyday language.

terminology

English

(wikipedia terminology) (Webster 1913)

Noun

(terminologies)
  • 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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    Synonyms

    * nomenclature, vocabulary, language, wording, phraseology, jargon, lingo, -ese

    Derived terms

    * terminological * terminologically * terminologist

    Related terms

    * argot * jargon * terminism * terminist

    External links

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    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

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