different between lexicology vs logology

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (lexikós, “of words”), from ????? (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from ?????? (légein, “to speak”); synchronically, lexico- +? -logy.

Noun

lexicology (countable and uncountable, plural lexicologies)

1. (uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
   • 1949 Journal of Theological Studies

     The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.

2. (countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.

Derived terms

• lexicological
• lexicologically
• lexicologist

Related terms

• lexical
• lexicography
• lexicon

Translations

See also

• semantics

English

Etymology

logo- +? -ology. In the sense “recreational linguistics” popularized by Dmitri Borgmann in Language on Vacation (1965).

Noun

logology (countable and uncountable, plural logologies)

1. (obsolete) Scientific study of words.

   Synonym: lexicology

2. The study of logos.
3. The study of words for recreational purposes with an emphasis on letter patterns.

   Synonym: recreational linguistics

4. (religion) The study of words in search for divine truth, compare numerology.

Derived terms

• logological

Translations

Further reading

• logology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia