For meanings and spelling which one do you use often, thesaurus or dictionary
By bagumbayan
@bagumbayan (2705)
Philippines
March 24, 2008 4:45am CST
For me I used it both. I have both of them handy, at home and in the office. Dictionary you can see detailed meaning of the word you are using, prunounciation, spelling, etymology and the like. Thesaurus you can see the short meaning, the spelling. If you are a writer thesaurus is best. For me both serves the purpose. How about you, which one do you use often?
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@bagumbayan (2705)
• Philippines
26 Mar 08
Yes, that is what I like in thesaurus. Short and yet meaninful. But keep dictionary also as your reference. Keep them both handy. Thanks for the response.
@bongkarpasang (1377)
• Indonesia
24 Mar 08
I rarely use thesaurus. mostly I count on my dictionary because dictionary gives me better explanation about the word, the detail combination phrase examples, and even if I am a writer, dictionary is very helpful as a guide for sentence building because usually it has sentences as examples.
@bagumbayan (2705)
• Philippines
26 Mar 08
You are partial to dictionary. At least we must have both of them handy for our reference materials. Thanks for the response.
