The difference between Clavis and Idioticon

When used as nouns, clavis means a roman key, whereas idioticon means a dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country.


check bellow for the other definitions of Clavis and Idioticon

  1. Clavis as a noun (archaeology):

    A Roman key.

  2. Clavis as a noun:

    A device for restraint of the hands.

  3. Clavis as a noun:

    A glossary.

  4. Clavis as a noun (biology):

    A key; an identification guide; a series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.

  1. Idioticon as a noun:

    A dictionary of a peculiar dialect, or of the words and phrases peculiar to one part of a country; a glossary