different between sematology vs semantics

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (sêma, “mark, sign”) + -????? (-logía, “-logy, branch of study”).

Noun

sematology (usually uncountable, plural sematologies)

1. The science of signs, particularly of verbal signs, in the operation of thinking and reasoning; the science of language as expressed by signs.

Derived terms

• sematological
• sematologist

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Further reading

• sematology in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• sematology in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• sematology at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??mænt?ks/

Noun

semantics (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) A branch of linguistics studying the meaning of words. [1893]

2. The study of the relationship between words and their meanings.
3. The individual meanings of words, as opposed to the overall meaning of a passage.

4. (computer science) The meaning of computer language constructs, in contrast to their form or syntax.

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See also

• Appendix:Glossary of semantics

Further reading

• semantics at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• amnestics