literary study vs comparative literature

comparative literature vs literary study

literary study and comparative literature both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
literary study	Yes	No	No	No
comparative literature	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, comparative literature is a hyponym of literary study; that is, comparative literature is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than literary study:

literary study: the humanistic study of literature
comparative literature: study of literary works from different cultures (often in translation)

Other hyponyms of literary study include lit, literature, lit crit, literary criticism, poetics, classics, rhetoric.

literary study (noun)	comparative literature (noun)
the humanistic study of literature	study of literary works from different cultures (often in translation)

literary study vs comparative literature

literary study and comparative literature both are nouns.

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