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- Word comparison: synchronic vs. diachronic
synchronic vs. diachronic
adjective
Linguistics.
- having reference to the facts of a linguistic system as it exists at one point in time without reference to its history:
synchronic analysis; synchronic dialectology.
adjective
Linguistics.
- of or relating to the changes in a linguistic system between successive points in time; historical:
diachronic analysis.