What term is used to describe the complete collection of words in a language?

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21 Feb 2020
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The term 'lexicon' refers to the entire set of words in a language, essentially its dictionary or vocabulary. While 'vocabulary' is a common term, 'lexicon' is the precise linguistic term for a language's word list. Other options like 'grammar' or 'voice apparatus' relate to different aspects of language.

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