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Wordbuilding vs Worldbuilding - What's the difference?

wordbuilding | worldbuilding |

As nouns the difference between wordbuilding and worldbuilding

is that wordbuilding is the construction of words from simpler units while worldbuilding is the construction of a world, especially a convincing fictional world for literature etc.

wordbuilding

English

Noun

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  • The construction of words from simpler units.
    • We gave the children a wordbuilding exercise.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l)

    worldbuilding

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The construction of a world, especially a convincing fictional world for literature etc.