a list or collection of words or of words and phrases usually alphabetically arranged and explained or defined; a sum or stock of words employed by a language, group, individual, or work or in a field of knowledge; a list or collection of terms or codes available for use. (from merriam-webster.com)
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vocabulary is a part of language
word is a part of vocabulary
Anatomical traces of vocabulary acquisition in the adolescent brain.
Lee H, Devlin JT, Shakeshaft C, Stewart LH, Brennan A, Glensman J, Pitcher K, Crinion J, Mechelli A, Frackowiak RS, Green DW, Price CJ
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience (J Neurosci)
2007 Jan 31
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