Vocabulary vs Catalogue - What's the difference?
vocabulary | catalogue |
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
A systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.
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A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items.
A list of all the publications in a library.
(US) A university calendar.
(computing, dated) A directory listing.
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* 2003 , "Brotha G", Repairing Microdrive Cartridges'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.sinclair )
To put into a catalogue.
To make a catalogue of.
To add items (e.g. books) to an existing catalogue.
As nouns the difference between vocabulary and catalogue
is that 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 while catalogue is a systematic list of names, books, pictures etc.As a verb catalogue is
to put into a catalogue.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.
Derived terms
* defining vocabulary * controlled vocabulary * extended vocabularyCoordinate terms
* dictionary * lexicon * wordhoard (obsolete)Synonyms
* (l) * (l) * (l)catalogue
English
Alternative forms
* catalogNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=The Reds were on the back foot early on when a catalogue of defensive errors led to Ramires giving Chelsea the lead. Jay Spearing conceded possession in midfield and Ramires escaped Jose Enrique far too easily before scoring at the near post with a shot Reina should have saved.}}
- The program generates a catalogue of the files on the cartridge selected by the user, reads the catalogue into memory and erases the cartridge copy, so that an up-to-date copy is always generated.
- It has two extra options using extended syntax. CAT - an extended catalogue but not as detailed as some I've seen. ( The reason that the Spectrum CAT command is restricted is that it cleverly uses the 512 bytes data buffer of the microdrive channel to sort the filenames - hence the limit of 50 ten-character filenames )