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Lexicon and dictionary are often used as synonyms. Technically, a lexicon is a dictionary that includes or focuses on lexemes. A lexeme, linguistically, is the base form of a word, from which a set of words is derived. For example, carve, carves, carved and carving are all components of the lexeme carve.

Also, whereas dictionary always refers to a book, lexicon may additionally refer to a language's general inventory of words or lexemes, not necessarily written down or compiled.

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