The difference between Jargon and Vernacular

When used as nouns, jargon means a technical terminology unique to a particular subject, whereas vernacular means the language of a people or a national language.

Jargon is also verb with the meaning: to utter jargon.

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

check bellow for the other definitions of Jargon and Vernacular

  1. Jargon as a noun (uncountable):

    A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.

  2. Jargon as a noun (countable):

    Language characteristic of a particular group.

  3. Jargon as a noun (uncountable):

    Speech or language that is incomprehensible or unintelligible; gibberish.

  1. Jargon as a verb:

    To utter jargon; to emit confused or unintelligible sounds.

  1. Jargon as a noun:

    A variety of zircon

  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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