Not to be argumentative with Keith, as I'm have the sinking feeling that slitting my own throat would be a more pleasurable experience. But, here it goes:
A *lexicon* is a list of words that belong to a particular language. Sometimes, *lexicon* is used as another word for *thesaurus* (see below) A *dictionary* is a list of words and phrases that are (or were) in common usage, *together with their definitions* - so a dictionary is different from a lexicon because a lexicon is a simple list and doesn't define the words. A *thesaurus* is a dictionary of synonyms (different words and phrases that have the same or similar meaning). Finally, for completeness, a *vocabulary* is a list of words that an individual knows or uses regularly. Vocabulary is different from lexicon because vocabulary is about what an individual or group of people know, whereas lexicon is about the language itself. On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 1:52 PM Keith Medcalf <kmedc...@dessus.com> wrote: > > >> I can highly recommend the book “Word by Word: The Secret Life of > >> Dictionaries,” written by one of the editors at Merriam-Webster. > >> The author spends much of her book illustrating why prescriptivist > >> approaches to language are doomed to failure. > > Merriam-Webster does not publish a Dictionary. The thing that most 'tards > refer to as a "Dictionary" is actually a Lexicon, not a Dictionary. > > Now back to our regularly scheduled programming ... > > -- > The fact that there's a Highway to Hell but only a Stairway to Heaven says > a lot about anticipated traffic volume. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > sqlite-users mailing list > sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org > http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users > _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
