Literacy vs. Literature
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Difference Between Literacy and Literature
Literacynoun
The ability to read and write.
Literaturenoun
The body of all written works.
Literacynoun
Understanding of something (ex. computer literacy).
Literaturenoun
The collected creative writing of a nation, people, group, or culture.
Literacynoun
the ability to read and write
Literaturenoun
All the papers, treatises, etc. published in academic journals on a particular subject.
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Literaturenoun
Written fiction of a high standard.
However, even “literary” science fiction rarely qualifies as literature, because it treats characters as sets of traits rather than as fully realized human beings with unique life stories. —Adam Cadre, 2008Literaturenoun
creative writing of recognized artistic value
Literaturenoun
the humanistic study of a body of literature;
he took a course in Russian litLiteraturenoun
published writings in a particular style on a particular subject;
the technical literatureone aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literatureLiteraturenoun
the profession or art of a writer;
her place in literature is secure
