different between textbook vs lawbook

English

Etymology

text +? book

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?kst.b?k/

Noun

textbook (plural textbooks)

1. A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.

Alternative forms

• text-book (obsolete)

Translations

Adjective

textbook (comparative more textbook, superlative most textbook)

1. Of or pertaining to textbooks or their style, especially in being dry and pedagogical; textbooky, textbooklike.
   • 2000, Okasha El Daly, Janet Starkey, Desert travellers: from Herodotus to T.E. Lawrence

     They are mentioned in his flat, textbook voice, alongside schoolroom descriptions of topography and assessments of economic significance.
2. Having the typical characteristics of some class of phenomenon, so that it might be included as an example in a textbook.
   • 2003, Robert J Art, Patrick M Cronin, The United States and coercive diplomacy

     In many ways the Korean nuclear crisis is a textbook example of coercive diplomacy — its strengths as well as the risks inherent in such a strategy.

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Translations

English

Alternative forms

• law-book
• law book

Etymology

law +? book

Noun

lawbook (plural lawbooks)

1. A book in which laws are codified.
2. A textbook on some aspect of law.