different between semantics vs supervaluationism

English

From French sémantique, displacing earlier semasiology. From Ancient Greek ?????????? (s?mantikós).

semantics (uncountable)

(linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words. [1893]
The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.
(computer science) The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.

supervaluation +? -ism

supervaluationism (uncountable)

(logic) A semantics for dealing with irreferential singular terms and vagueness.

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