The difference between Slang and Vernacular

When used as nouns, slang means language outside of conventional usage, whereas vernacular means the language of a people or a national language.

Slang is also verb with the meaning: to vocally abuse, or shout at.

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 Slang and Vernacular

  1. Slang as a noun:

    Language outside of conventional usage.

  2. Slang as a noun:

    Language that is unique to a particular profession or subject; jargon.

  3. Slang as a noun:

    The specialized language of a social group, sometimes used to make what is said unintelligible to those not members of the group; cant.

  1. Slang as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To vocally abuse, or shout at.

  1. Slang as a verb (archaic):

  1. Slang as a noun (UK, dialect):

    Any long, narrow piece of land; a promontory.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Holland"

  1. Slang as a noun (UK, obsolete):

    A fetter worn on the leg by a convict.

  2. Slang as a noun (UK, obsolete, slang):

    A counterfeit weight or measure.

  3. Slang as a noun (UK, obsolete, slang):

    A travelling show, or one of its performances.

  4. Slang as a noun (UK, obsolete, slang):

    A hawker's license.

  5. Slang as a noun (UK, obsolete, slang):

    A watchchain.

  1. Slang as a verb (transitive, AAVE, MLE):

    To sell .

  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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