Syntax vs. Diction

Syntaxnoun

A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.

Syntaxnoun

The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.

Syntaxnoun

(linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences and language.

Syntaxnoun

Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.

Syntaxnoun

That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.

Syntaxnoun

the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

Syntaxnoun

a systematic orderly arrangement

Syntaxnoun

studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences

Syntax

In linguistics, syntax () is the study of how words and morphemes combine to form larger units such as phrases and sentences. Central concerns of syntax include word order, agreement, the nature of crosslinguistic variation, and the relationship between form and meaning.

Dictionnoun

Choice and use of words, especially with regard to effective communication.

Dictionnoun

The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice and expression.

Dictionnoun

Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems.

Dictionnoun

the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

Dictionnoun

the manner in which something is expressed in words;

Diction

Diction (Latin: dictionem (nom. dictio), ), in its original meaning, is a writer's or speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices and style of expression in a poem or story.