Dialect and Vernacular

Dialect

Dialect noun - The special terms or expressions of a particular group or field.
Usage example: the promotional team for the new computer used a dialect full of acronyms that the press found difficult to follow
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Synonyms for Dialect

Vernacular is a synonym for dialect in idiom topic. In some cases you can use "Vernacular" instead a noun "Dialect", when it comes to topics like language, words, accent, common speech. popular alternative

Vernacular

Vernacular noun - The everyday speech of the people (as distinguished from literary language).

Dialect is a synonym for vernacular in idiom topic. You can use "Dialect" instead a noun "Vernacular", if it concerns topics such as language, words, accent, common speech. popular alternative

Nearby Word: vernacularly

How words are described

common common dialect common vernacular
formal formal dialect formal vernacular
certain certain dialect certain vernacular
native native dialect native vernacular
Other adjectives: actual, distinct, black, unique, strange, exaggerated, local, modern, urban, western, southern, Glaswegian.
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