different between diachronic vs diachronicity

English

Etymology

From dia- +? chronic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /da?.??k??n?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /da?.??k??n?k/

Adjective

diachronic (comparative more diachronic, superlative most diachronic)

1. Occurring over or changing with time.

   Antonym: synchronic
2. Of, pertaining to or concerned with changes that occur over time.

   Antonym: synchronic

   • 1996, Richard E. Blanton, 3: The Basin of Mexico Market System and the Growth of Empire, Frances Berdan (editor), Aztec Imperial Strategies, page 52,

     I also take a more diachronic perspective and relate the growth of empire to changes in the regional market system as they occurred in the transition from the Early Aztec to the Late Aztec periods.

   • 2011, Konrad H. Jarausch, Chapter One: Germany 1989: A New Type of Revolution?, Marc Silberman (editor), The German Wall, page 11,

     Rethinking the revolution issue is therefore the key to any novel interpretation, but it needs to be addressed in a more diachronic and synchronic fashion, comparing the Wende to earlier German upheavals and to the concurrent transformation of East Central Europe.

   • 2012, Paolo Ramat, Sturtevant's paradox revisited, Thomas Stolz, Hitomi Otsuka, Aina Urdze, Johan van der Auwera (editors), Irregularity in Morphology (and Beyond), [page 61],

     Consequently, the perspective will be more diachronic than synchronic.

Synonyms

• diachronical

Derived terms

• diachronic linguistics (“historical linguistics”)
• diachronically

Related terms

• diachrony

Translations

English

Etymology

diachronic +? -ity

Noun

diachronicity (countable and uncountable, plural diachronicities)

1. The understanding or interpretation of events by the way they relate over time, rather than by their moment-by-moment significance.

Related terms

• diachronic