Vocabulary vs Lexical - What's the difference?
vocabulary | lexical |
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
(linguistics) concerning the vocabulary, words or morphemes of a language
*
(linguistics) concerning lexicography or a lexicon or dictionary
As a noun 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.As an adjective lexical is
concerning the vocabulary, words or morphemes of a language.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)lexical
English
Adjective
(-)- So, it seems clear that the idiosyncratic restrictions relating to the range of
complements which a Preposition does or does not permit are directly analo-
gous to the parallel restrictions which hold in the case of Verbs. The restric-
tions concerned are not categorial'' in nature (i.e. they are not associated with
every single item belonging to a given category): on the contrary, they are
''lexical in nature (that is to say, they are properties of individual lexical items,
so that different words belonging to the same category permit a different range
of complements).
