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linguistic unit vs collocation

collocation vs linguistic unit

linguistic unit and collocation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
linguistic unit Yes No No No
collocation Yes No No No
As nouns, collocation is a hyponym of linguistic unit; that is, collocation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than linguistic unit:
  • linguistic unit: one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
  • collocation: a grouping of words in a sentence
Other hyponyms of linguistic unit include discourse, word, syllable, lexeme, morpheme, formative, name, phone, sound, speech sound, sign.
linguistic unit (noun) collocation (noun)
one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed the act of positioning close together (or side by side)
a grouping of words in a sentence
Difference between linguistic unit and collocation

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