different between semiotics vs semantics

English

Etymology

Coined by John Locke from Ancient Greek ??????????? (s?mei?tikós, “fitted for marking, portending”), from ?????? (s?meiô, “to mark, interpret as a portend”), from ??????? (s?meîon, “a mark, sign, token”), from ???? (sêma, “mark, sign”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /s?mi??t?ks/

Noun

semiotics (uncountable)

1. The study of signs and symbols, especially as means of language or communication.
2. (dated) The study of medical signs and symptoms; symptomatology.

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See also

• semiology
• symbology

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• misticoes, societism

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