Definitions from Wiktionary (use-mention distinction)
▸ noun: (linguistics, philosophy) The distinction between the use of a word for its meaning (as in "Cheese is derived from milk") and the mention of a word as a lexical unit (as in " Cheese is derived from a word in Old English"); an instance of this distinction.
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▸ noun: (linguistics, philosophy) The distinction between the use of a word for its meaning (as in "Cheese is derived from milk") and the mention of a word as a lexical unit (as in " Cheese is derived from a word in Old English"); an instance of this distinction.
Similar:
proximate,
derivative,
obviative,
heterophemy,
lexical unit,
metaphor,
variant,
orthonym,
meronym,
phono-semantic matching,
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