The difference between Citation form and Lemma

When used as nouns, citation form means the basic form of a word used as a dictionary headword, whereas lemma means a proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.


check bellow for the other definitions of Citation form and Lemma

  1. Citation form as a noun:

    The basic form of a word used as a dictionary headword.

  1. Lemma as a noun (mathematics):

    A proposition proved or accepted for immediate use in the proof of some other proposition.

  2. Lemma as a noun (linguistics, lexicography):

    The canonical form of an inflected word; i.e., the form usually found as the headword in a dictionary, such as the nominative singular of a noun, the bare infinitive of a verb, etc.

  3. Lemma as a noun (psycholinguistics):

    The theoretical abstract conceptual form of a word, representing a specific meaning, before the creation of a specific phonological form as the sounds of a lexeme, which may find representation in a specific written form as a dictionary or lexicographic word.

  1. Lemma as a noun (botany):

    The outer shell of a fruit or similar body.

  2. Lemma as a noun (botany):

    One of the specialized bracts around the floret in grasses.