Simple and Vernacular

Simple

Simple adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

Vernacular and simple are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vernacular" instead an adjective "Simple".

Vernacular

Vernacular adjective - Used in or suitable for speech and not formal writing.

Simple and vernacular are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Simple" instead an adjective "Vernacular".

Nearby Word: vernacularly

Both words in one sentence

  • Local creatures share a crude woodland vernacular (referred as "hedgerow lingua franca"), but other ones have to be taught; these are represented by broken language, strong accents and unintelligibility of simple concepts such as Lapine's "silflay" or Keehar's 'Gullish' "sea" to other species.
    Source: Animal Talk
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