Dialect and Word

Dialect

Dialect noun - The special terms or expressions of a particular group or field.

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Word and dialect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Word" instead a noun "Dialect".

Word noun - A pronounceable series of letters having a distinct meaning especially in a particular field.

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Dialect and word are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dialect" instead a noun "Word".

Nearby Words: wordy, wordless, wording, worded, wordily

old	old dialect	old word
good	good dialect	good word
particular	particular dialect	particular word
similar	similar dialect	similar word
Other adjectives: common, specific, certain, original, native, strong, actual, obscure, wrong, ancient, archaic, new, odd, different, spoken, Dutch.

The Spartans, whose simplicity of speech gave rise to the word "laconic," after their dialect of Greek.

Source: Beige Prose
Eloquent in My Native Tongue: Keenser is quite talkative in his native Roylan dialect, but can only say one or two-word sentences in Standard.

Source: Comic Book / Star Trek (IDW)
This is a perfect example of eye dialect — many people swallow the sound of the final "r" in the word, pronouncing it as "draw-ah", which eventually gets worn down to, and written as, "draw".

Source: The Big List of Booboos and Blunders

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