Timeline for Difference between "artifact" and "artefact"
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| Feb 8, 2021 at 17:47 | comment | added | Rubellite Fae | All of my anthropology and archaeology professors have used artifact in the literal sense of "material culture." During my coursework I came across artefact in UK texts. Later, a professor used artefact in the figurative sense (c.f., "vestigial" or "side effect"). There were others in the course that had never heard the word used that way before so he explained it and why he used the "e" to differentiate. This was in the US Midwest, but he's from the South by way of Boston. I'm not sure if the usage comes from Academia or 1 of those regions. I like the differentiation, so I have continued it. | |
| Aug 15, 2018 at 15:18 | comment | added | Darren Ringer | @PhonicsTheHedgehog FWIW, I had understood the difference to be so and have used both words according to context. This phenomenon may only be common in some parts of the world, I guess, or perhaps some people are just happy to use them interchangeably and it's hard for a dictionary to account for all the variations in usage. | |
| Aug 18, 2016 at 21:51 | answer | added | Alice T | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 4, 2016 at 22:50 | history | edited | herisson |
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| Dec 9, 2013 at 10:19 | history | protected | RegDwigнt | ||
| Dec 8, 2013 at 23:05 | answer | added | James | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 20:57 | answer | added | Tristan | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 18, 2013 at 13:19 | answer | added | Metal-fan-666 | timeline score: -3 | |
| Apr 6, 2013 at 22:53 | comment | added | The Notorious Imp | Well, an error from image compression is certainly not the same thing as a pottery shard from ancient Babylon — so there may be value in using two different spellings when we have two different intended meanings. I would vote for these words as homophones, not geographic or regional spellings. | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 17:24 | vote | accept | Craig Walker | ||
| Aug 15, 2011 at 14:40 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackEnglish/status/103113764357935104 | ||
| Aug 15, 2011 at 10:55 | history | edited | Thursagen |
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| Aug 15, 2011 at 10:23 | answer | added | Thursagen | timeline score: 40 | |
| Aug 15, 2011 at 7:02 | history | edited | user2683 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 14, 2011 at 22:35 | comment | added | Phonics The Hedgehog | Strange. According to my Korean dictionary, there is difference between them. And they are similar to the difference of definition you suggested. | |
| Aug 14, 2011 at 21:55 | history | edited | aedia λ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 14, 2011 at 15:58 | answer | added | SteveM | timeline score: 101 | |
| Aug 14, 2011 at 15:53 | history | asked | Craig Walker | CC BY-SA 3.0 |