different between ascent vs diction

English

Etymology

Formed from ascend on the model of descend/descent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt
• Homophone: assent
• Hyphenation: as?cent

Noun

ascent (countable and uncountable, plural ascents)

1. The act of ascending; a motion upwards.

   He made a tedious ascent of Mont Blanc.

2. The way or means by which one ascends.

   There is a difficult northern ascent from Malaucene of Mont Ventoux.

3. An eminence, hill, or high place.
4. The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; rising grade.

   The road has an ascent of 5 degrees.

5. (typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
6. An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
   • 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Games[1]

     That such a safe adaptation could come of The Hunger Games speaks more to the trilogy’s commercial ascent than the book’s actual content, which is audacious and savvy in its dark calculations.

Translations

Anagrams

• casten, enacts, scante, secant, stance

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dicti?, dicti?nis, from dictus, past participle of dicere (“to speak”), from Proto-Indo-European *dey?- (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?k??n/

• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

diction (countable and uncountable, plural dictions)

1. Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.
2. The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.

Related terms

• dictate
• dictionary

Translations

References

• diction at OneLook Dictionary Search
• diction in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

See also

• enunciation

French

Etymology

From Latin dicti?, dicti?nis, from dictus, past participle of dicere (“to speak”), from Proto-Indo-European *dey?- (“to show, point out”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dik.sj??/

Noun

diction f (plural dictions)

1. diction (clarity of word choice)

Further reading

• “diction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).