Dialect vs. Dialog

Dialect vs. Dialog — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Dialect and Dialog

Dialectnoun

(linguistics) A variety of a language that is characteristic of a particular area, community, or group, often differing from other varieties of the same language in minor ways as regards vocabulary, style, spelling and pronunciation.

Dialognoun

A conversation or other form of discourse between two or more individuals.

Dialectnoun

(pejorative) Language that is perceived as substandard or wrong.

Dialognoun

In a dramatic or literary presentation, the verbal parts of the script or text; the verbalizations of the actors or characters.

Dialectnoun

A language (often a regional or minority language) as part of a group or family of languages, especially if they are viewed as a single language, or if contrasted with a standardized variety that is considered the 'true' form of the language (for example, Cantonese as contrasted with Mandarin Chinese, or Bavarian as contrasted with German).

Dialognoun

A literary form, where the presentation resembles a conversation.

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Dialectnoun

A variant of a non-standardized programming language.

Home computers in the 1980s had many incompatible dialects of BASIC.

Dialognoun

(computing) A dialog box.

Dialectnoun

(ornithology) A variant form of the vocalizations of a bird species restricted to a certain area or population.

Dialogverb

To discuss or negotiate so that all parties can reach an understanding.

Dialectnoun

the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people;

the immigrants spoke an odd dialect of Englishhe has a strong German accent

Dialognoun

a conversation between two persons

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Dialognoun

the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction

Dialognoun

a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people;

he has read Plato's Dialogues in the original Greek