 | Dictionary | Glossary |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Collection of words in one or more specific languages listed alphabetically, which provides the meanings, definitions, etymologies and pronunciations of words. | |
| World's first | Much debate over the world's first dictionary. 2300 BCE in modern Syria or 3rd century BCE from China. Most trusted dictionary; Oxford English Dictionary published in full in 1884 as small books and in full after 50 years in 1928. | |
| Word Order | A dictionary lists words alphabetically. | |
| Word numbers | Oxford English Dictionary lists about 500,000 words and a further half a million technical and scientific terms. | |
| Categories | There are specialized dictionaries such as for science or business. | |
| Introduction (from Wikipedia) | A glossary, also known as a vocabulary, or clavis, is an alphabetical list of terms in a particular domain of knowledge with the definitions for those terms. |
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