diacritic
9.5
Helps show a difference between things
- adjective
- /ˌdaɪəˈkrɪtɪk/
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diacrítico
- The use of a diacritic can help clarify the intended meaning of a word in pronunciation guides.
Examples
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Changing this setting will have the downside of no longer being able to input diacritic and other special characters via keyboard in X11-based applications because both option keys will be changed; see below for a more fine-grained solution.
Blog text (26) -
In linguistic terms, a diacritic mark can serve to differentiate between similar sounds in various languages.
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Writers often utilize a diacritic in text to signify a unique dialect of a language.
Synonyms
diacritical
vsdiacritic
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9.0
Showing small details that help tell things apart
has identical meaning but appears as a different word form
Surface Forms
diacritic positive
Etymology
The word diacritic comes from old Greek parts dia- meaning 'apart' and crit meaning 'to separate' as in critic. So a diacritic approach is one that helps 'tell things apart' or show clear differences.