Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun linguistics, philosophy A
distinction between theuse of aword for itsmeaning (as in "Cheese is derived from milk") and themention of a word as alexical unit (as in "Cheese is derived from a word in Old English").
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word use-mention distinction.
Examples
Sorry, no example sentences found.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.