English Explanatory Dictionary

type-token distinction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The distinction between a type of something and an instance of it, such as city and capital city (type of city) versus city and Paris (instance of a city). (It is the difference between (1) hypernym and hyponym and (2) class and instance.)
  2. An instance of this distinction being made.

Word forms

type-token distinction type-token distinctions

Related words

type-token ratio Wiktionary:Thesaurus § Classes and instances
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