What is the difference between scientific language and literary language?

Answer 1

The study of Science is the urge to know the reason, why we are all here, how the the world works, basically the answer to the word "why" , whereas the study of literature is the beautiful application of words in a sentence, prose or poetry and their interpretation as according to the author, basically it is the study of the use of words and their meaning or the art that deals with their use!

Answer 2

first, they focus on different aspects of meaning. Scientific language depends on denotation while literary language depends on connotation.

second, the purposes for using these two kinds of language are different. The purpose for using scientific language is practical, that is to say, this language are used for describing the physical world. But the purpose for using literary language is to share the author's emotion, attitude and feeling.

third,they are different in form. when we use scientific language, we need not to create an asthetic experience. But when we use literary language, we have to pay attention to the choice of words and the sentence order. Poem is a typical example.