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grapheme vs radical

radical vs grapheme

grapheme and radical both are nouns.

grapheme is not an adjective while radical is an adjective.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grapheme Yes No No No
radical Yes Yes No No
As nouns, radical is a hyponym of grapheme; that is, radical is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than grapheme:
  • grapheme: a written symbol that is used to represent speech
  • radical: a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
Other hyponyms of grapheme include allograph, check character, superior, superscript, inferior, subscript, ASCII character, ligature, capital, capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase, lower-case letter, lowercase, minuscule, small letter, type, percent sign, percentage sign, asterisk, star, dagger, obelisk, diesis, double dagger, double obelisk, alphabetic character, letter, letter of the alphabet, blank, space, phonetic symbol, mathematical symbol, rune, runic letter, pictograph, ideogram, ideograph, stenograph, siglum.
grapheme (noun) radical (noun)
a written symbol that is used to represent speech a character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
a person who has radical ideas or opinions
(mathematics) a quantity expressed as the root of another quantity
(chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
an atom or group of atoms with at least one unpaired electron; in the body it is usually an oxygen molecule that has lost an electron and will stabilize itself by stealing an electron from a nearby molecule
grapheme (adjective) radical (adjective)
especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root
arising from or going to the root or source
(used of opinions and actions) far beyond the norm
markedly new or introducing radical change
Difference between grapheme and radical

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