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Dictionary or Thesaurus (or Other)?

Which Do You Prefer?

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Ronin

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When you have a hard time remembering a word, which do you use mostly: a dictionary or thesaurus?

For myself, it'd have to be a thesaurus. I've spent years absorbing as many definitions as I could, so dictionaries feel somewhat outdated to me nowadays. Even so, I still find myself struggling to select just the right word for any occasion; in spoken communication especially--listeners will get confused if I use an abstract term (and as a result I become confused myself, as I don't instantly realize the problem). Therefore the lists of synonyms in a thesaurus is more useful; just need to recall a root word and scan the related selections. Naturally I don't carry a thesaurus with me, though, so I only have to deal with them when the time comes. ;P

What about you? Do you have a preference, or is another means available [i.e. the Internet]?
 
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Meh. I have a tendency to use neither. I just don't like flipping through pages and pages, or even typing in a word to find it out. My vocabulary is quite extensive, and I feel I don't need them. If all else fails, I ask my parents. Combined, me, my mother, and my dad know almost everything.

(Un)Fortuntately, that's only a slight exaggeration.
 

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