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isolex vs heterogloss

heterogloss vs isolex

isolex and heterogloss both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
isolex Yes No No No
heterogloss Yes No No No
As nouns, heterogloss is a hypernym of isolex; that is, heterogloss is a word with a broader meaning than isolex:
  • isolex: an isogloss marking off the area in which a particular item of vocabulary is found.
  • heterogloss: the locative boundary of a certain linguistic feature, such as the pronunciation of a vowel, the meaning of a word, or use of some syntactic feature.
Other hypernyms of isolex include isogloss.
isolex (noun) heterogloss (noun)
an isogloss marking off the area in which a particular item of vocabulary is found. the locative boundary of a certain linguistic feature, such as the pronunciation of a vowel, the meaning of a word, or use of some syntactic feature.
Difference between isolex and heterogloss

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