Appellation vs Jargon - What's the difference?
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or designation.
* 1912 , Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
An indication for wine that describes its geographic origin.
(uncountable) A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
(countable) Language characteristic of a particular group.
* 2014 , Ian Hodder, Archaeological Theory Today
(uncountable) Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.
* Macaulay
To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.
* Longfellow
Appellation is a related term of jargon.
As nouns the difference between appellation and jargon
is that appellation is or designation while jargon is jargon.appellation
English
Noun
(en noun)- "I'll not," retorted "Teeter" Nelson, whose first name was Harry, but who had gained his appellation because of a habit he had of "teetering" on his tiptoes when reciting in class. "I've got Peaches all right," and there was a struggle between the two lads, one trying to throw a snowball, and the other trying to prevent him.
External links
* ("appellation" on Wikipedia) ----jargon
English
Etymology 1
(etyl)Noun
- In fact all the competing theories have developed their own specialized jargons and have a tendency to be difficult to penetrate.
- A barbarous jargon .
Synonyms
* (language characteristic of a group) argot, cant, intalk * vernacularDerived terms
* jargonaut * jargoneer * jargonist * jargonistic * jargonization * jargonizeVerb
(en verb)- The noisy jay, / Jargoning like a foreigner at his food.