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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

Difference : loanword, borrowing

What is the difference between 'loanword' and 'borrowing'?
  

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Hi, 'Loanword' is not an English word. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, 'Loanword' is not an English word.
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Hi,

'Loanword' is not an English word.

Clive
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Hi,

OK, I stand corrected, although it's a term not commonly used outside the field of linguistics.

According to this link, the term 'borrowing' can also be used,
http://www.ru
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loan word is a word that we take from other language to use it in native language without changing its meaning.
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