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linguistics vs classical philology

classical philology vs linguistics

linguistics and classical philology both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
linguistics Yes No No No
classical philology Yes No No No
As nouns, classical philology is a hyponym of linguistics; that is, classical philology is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than linguistics:
  • linguistics: the humanistic study of language and literature
  • classical philology: the philology of Classical Sanskrit, Greek and Classical Latin.
Other hyponyms of linguistics include dialectology, lexicology.
linguistics (noun) classical philology (noun)
the scientific study of language the philology of Classical Sanskrit, Greek and Classical Latin.
the humanistic study of language and literature
Difference between linguistics and classical philology

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