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semantic differentiations

semantic differentiations is the plural of semantic differentiation.

Meaning of semantic differentiation

Noun

semantic differentiation (countable and uncountable, plural semantic differentiations)

  1. A bifurcation of the meaning along with time into two separate meanings of two separate resulting expressions.
  2. A diachronic differentiation or change in meaning.

Questions about semantic differentiations

What is semantic differentiations the plural of?
Semantic differentiations is the plural of semantic differentiation.

Words near semantic differentiations in the dictionary

  1. semantic calque
  2. semantic calques
  3. semantic change
  4. semantic changes
  5. semantic differentiation
  6. semantic differentiations
  7. semantic drift
  8. semantic drifts
  9. semantic field
  10. semantic fields
  11. semantic layer

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Adapted from Wiktionary: semantic differentiations (page history and authors); semantic differentiation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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