different between orthoepy vs cacoepy

English

Alternative forms

• orthoëpy
• orthoepie, orthöepy (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (orthoépeia), possibly via Latin orthoepia, from Ancient Greek ????? (orthós, “correct”) + ???? (épos, “word”) + -?? (-ía, “-y”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???????i?pi/, /????????pi/, /???????pi/, /???????pi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /????o???pi/, /????o??pi/

Noun

orthoepy (countable and uncountable, plural orthoepies)

1. Synonym of phonology: the study of pronunciation. [1640]
2. (inexact) Synonym of orthography: the study of the representation of pronunciation in writing.
   • 1957, E.J. Dobson, English Pronunciation 1500–1700, Vol. I, p. 193:

     In spite of his title Orthoepia Anglicana... what he sets out to teach is orthography, not orthoepy.

3. Accepted or customary pronunciation. [1773]

Usage notes

• The rare ligated spelling orthœpy is unetymological. It occurs in some instances of 19th century US English, apparently to indicate the trisyllabic pronunciation prevalent in US English. The oe in orthoepy does not represent either of the etymological diphthongs ?oe? (of Latin) or ???? (oi — the omicron-iota of Ancient Greek), but rather the two separate vowels ???? (oe, omicron-epsilon). To mark their separateness, the diæretic spelling orthoëpy is sometimes used.

Antonyms

• (pronunciation): cacoepy

Hypernyms

• linguistics, phonetics

Coordinate terms

• orthography

Derived terms

• orthoepic, orthoepical, orthoepically, orthoepist, orthoepistic, orthoepistical

Translations

References

• “orthoepy, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2004

Anagrams

• orophyte

English

Alternative forms

• cacoëpy

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (kakós, “bad”) + ???? (épos, “word”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [k??k???p?]

Noun

cacoepy (uncountable)

1. The mispronunciation of words.

Antonyms

• orthoepy

Related terms

• cacoepist
• cacoepistic