The difference between Argot and Vernacular

When used as nouns, argot means a secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds, whereas vernacular means the language of a people or a national language.

Vernacular is also adjective with the meaning: of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

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  1. Argot as a noun:

    A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds.

  2. Argot as a noun:

    The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers; a jargon.

    Examples:

    "The conversation was in the argot of the trade, full of acronyms and abbreviations that made no sense to the [[uninitiate]]."

  1. Vernacular as a noun:

    The language of a people or a national language.

    Examples:

    "A vernacular of the United States is English."

  2. Vernacular as a noun:

    Everyday speech or dialect, including colloquialisms, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

    Examples:

    "Street vernacular can be quite different from what is heard elsewhere."

  3. Vernacular as a noun:

    Language unique to a particular group of people; jargon, argot.

    Examples:

    "For those of a certain age, hiphop vernacular might just as well be a foreign language."

  4. Vernacular as a noun (Roman Catholicism):

    The indigenous language of a people, into which the words of the Mass are translated.

    Examples:

    "Vatican II allowed the celebration of the mass in the vernacular."

  1. Vernacular as an adjective:

    Of or pertaining to everyday language, as opposed to standard, literary, liturgical, or scientific idiom.

  2. Vernacular as an adjective:

    Belonging to the country of one's birth; one's own by birth or nature; native; indigenous.

    Examples:

    "a vernacular disease"

  3. Vernacular as an adjective (architecture):

    Of or related to local building materials and styles; not imported.

  4. Vernacular as an adjective (art):

    Connected to a collective memory; not imported.

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