descriptive linguistics vs grammar

descriptive linguistics and grammar both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
descriptive linguistics	Yes	No	No	No
grammar	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, grammar is a hyponym of descriptive linguistics; that is, grammar is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than descriptive linguistics:

descriptive linguistics: a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments
grammar: the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

Other hyponyms of descriptive linguistics include phonemics, phonology, morphophonemics.

descriptive linguistics (noun)	grammar (noun)
a description (at a given point in time) of a language with respect to its phonology and morphology and syntax and semantics without value judgments	the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)

descriptive linguistics vs grammar

descriptive linguistics and grammar both are nouns.

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