WordCmp.com

Cyrillic vs alphabet

alphabet vs Cyrillic

Cyrillic and alphabet both are nouns.

Cyrillic is an adjective but alphabet is not an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
Cyrillic Yes Yes No No
alphabet Yes No No No
As nouns, alphabet is a hypernym of Cyrillic; that is, alphabet is a word with a broader meaning than Cyrillic:
  • Cyrillic: an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages)
  • alphabet: a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
Other hypernyms of Cyrillic include ABC's, ABC, ABCs, bicameral script.
Cyrillic (noun) alphabet (noun)
an alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages (Russian, Bulgarian, Serbian, Ukrainian, and some other Slavic languages) the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)
a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
Cyrillic (adjective) alphabet (adjective)
relating to or written in the alphabet used for writing Slavic languages
Difference between Cyrillic and alphabet

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.