different between semiotic vs semantics

English

Alternative forms

• semeiotic

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????????? (s?mei?tikós, “observant of signs”), ultimately derived from ???? (sêma, “mark, sign”). Compare semiotics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?mi???t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

semiotic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to semiotics or to semantics.
2. (medicine, dated) Of or relating to the signs or symptoms of diseases.

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• comities

Romanian

Etymology

From French sémiotique

Adjective

semiotic m or n (feminine singular semiotic?, masculine plural semiotici, feminine and neuter plural semiotice)

1. semiotic

Declension

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

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• amnestics