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8 feb 2019
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Inglese (Regno Unito)
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Inglese (Stati Uniti)
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Qual è la differenza tra term e word ?Sentiti libero di rispondere con un esempio.
Qual è la differenza tra term e word ?Sentiti libero di rispondere con un esempio.
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8 feb 2019
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- Inglese (Regno Unito)
A term refers to an agreed upon word within a specific context, such as a career field (or trade), field of study, hobby, or (mayyybe) a subculture. These tend to be 'technical' or defined with precision in mind, but not necessarily. 'Term' can itself be used in the phrase 'colloquial term' for example, and a 'colloquial term' is another way of saying 'slang' or 'informal synonym.'
A word is basically defined by pronunciation, and in English (and all languages written in the Latin alphabet I know), we handily mark these with spaces. It does get more complex, as 'technically' some English 'words' are actually written with a space between, even though they are said as one word, but I think most native speakers don't notice this. (Edit: And I doubt that you will ever have to worry about this consciously.)
Of course, in some way, all words are 'terms', and you can say things like 'the Norwegian term is "Nordistikk"'. 'term' sounds more formal, and has some uses 'word' doesn't, but in many contexts they are synonymous, though with 'word' being much more common.
There are also other uses of 'term', of course, such as term = semester or a period of schooling between two holidays (ie. the spring term = the spring semester), likewise you can say 'his "term" in office' for the time someone has spent at some official position, you can be 'on friendly "terms"' with someone, and it has some specific uses in maths.
Edit: Actually, I do not know if 'word' is more common. There is an assumption that informal words are indeed more common, but I don't have any statistics to prove it. :D
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- Inglese (Stati Uniti)
Term basically refers to a universally accepted word. When we say something is termed as this, it means that any alternate to that term is not appropriate to use. It's more of a defined word in itself.
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However, word can be any word and if you forget the word you may use any synonyms of it ( synonyms- words with different word but same meaning. For example- SAD- depressed, gloomy, glum, disgusted, unhappy.
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A term refers to an agreed upon word within a specific context, such as a career field (or trade), field of study, hobby, or (mayyybe) a subculture. These tend to be 'technical' or defined with precision in mind, but not necessarily. 'Term' can itself be used in the phrase 'colloquial term' for example, and a 'colloquial term' is another way of saying 'slang' or 'informal synonym.'
A word is basically defined by pronunciation, and in English (and all languages written in the Latin alphabet I know), we handily mark these with spaces. It does get more complex, as 'technically' some English 'words' are actually written with a space between, even though they are said as one word, but I think most native speakers don't notice this. (Edit: And I doubt that you will ever have to worry about this consciously.)
Of course, in some way, all words are 'terms', and you can say things like 'the Norwegian term is "Nordistikk"'. 'term' sounds more formal, and has some uses 'word' doesn't, but in many contexts they are synonymous, though with 'word' being much more common.
There are also other uses of 'term', of course, such as term = semester or a period of schooling between two holidays (ie. the spring term = the spring semester), likewise you can say 'his "term" in office' for the time someone has spent at some official position, you can be 'on friendly "terms"' with someone, and it has some specific uses in maths.
Edit: Actually, I do not know if 'word' is more common. There is an assumption that informal words are indeed more common, but I don't have any statistics to prove it. :D
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