What Do You Use More Often, the Dctionary or Thesaurus.
By acevivx
@acevivx (1566)
Philippines
September 7, 2008 8:24am CST
We all need to look up the meaning of a word now and then. In the past the dictionary appears to have been the common source of word meanings but lately, more and more people turn to the thesaurus instead of the dictionary. I prefer using Thesaurus. How about you?
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7 responses
@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
7 Sep 08
I use dictionary .com in order to quickly look up words. It automatically has the same link to thesaurus .com as well. In case I needed a different word in the same category of meaning.
In fact I used dictionary .com earlier today. I find all the information I need from the Internet especially since we are in the information age. So I guess in essence I use my computer to find words I need the meaning of.
@hdjohnson (2981)
• United States
8 Sep 08
I love the use of technology where it helps you to do things much quicker.
@applefreak (3130)
• Singapore
7 Sep 08
i'm definitely a huge supporter of the thesaurus. the dictionary only tells me what is the meaning of the word. by using a thesaurus, i not only will know what the word means, i will also know what are other words i can use. it's a really useful tool especially when i am writing a report. it saves me from using the same word over and over again. cheers ;p
@doubleloveyou (2466)
• United States
8 Sep 08
Here lately I've been using the thesaurus. easy to find more creative words to use in my writing. I usually know what I want to say, but sometimes I want to find other ways to say the same thing.
That is unless you are talking about a spell check dictionary, then I use that ALL the time because I can't spell well. :-)
@acevivx (1566)
• Philippines
9 Sep 08
When i am working on my computer I tend to use the thesaurus more than a dictionary but at other times like when I am reading a book or writing a report or project document, and i just need to check if I used a word properly, I prefer to use a dictionary. I guess it can also serve as a way to check my spelling.
@ravinder18 (868)
• Malaysia
7 Sep 08
I prefer to use both dictionary and thesaurus. As long as I can find what I am looking I use any one of it.