Alphabet vs. Alphabets

Alphabet vs. Alphabets — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Alphabet and Alphabets

Alphabetnoun

The set of letters used when writing in a language.

The Greek alphabet has only twenty-four letters.In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.

Alphabetsnoun

plural of alphabet

Alphabetnoun

A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.

Alphabetnoun

A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. Contrast e.g. abjad.

Alphabetnoun

(computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.

Let L be a regular language over the alphabet \Sigma.

Alphabetnoun

An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.

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Alphabetnoun

The simplest rudiments; elements.

Alphabetverb

(rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.

Alphabetnoun

a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language

Alphabetnoun

the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural);

he mastered only the rudiments of geometry