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transliteration vs transcription

transcription vs transliteration

transliteration and transcription both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
transliteration Yes No No No
transcription Yes No No No
As nouns, transcription is a hypernym of transliteration; that is, transcription is a word with a broader meaning than transliteration:
  • transliteration: a transcription from one alphabet to another
  • transcription: something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
Other hypernyms of transliteration include written text.
transliteration (noun) transcription (noun)
a transcription from one alphabet to another the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)
something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
(genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA
Difference between transliteration and transcription

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