wiki:SkE/Help/HowTo/SketchDiff

To Show the different usage of two similar words:

  • select a corpus.
  • Click on Sketch-Diff from the options in the left hand side panel.
  • Type the two lemmas in, one into the 1st lemma box and one into the 2nd lemma box.
  • Select the appropriate PoS
  • Click on Show Diff and the usages of both words will appear.
  • see information about the other options for Sketch-Diff entry at the Sketch Difference Entry help page

OR:

  • select a corpus.
  • Click on Thesaurus from the options in the left hand side panel.
  • Type a lemma that you wish to be contrasted with others into the Lemma box, select the appropriate PoS and click on Show Similar Words.
  • On the next page where the thesaurus is displayed, find a similar word that you want to compare the first lemma with.
  • Click on it, and a comparison of the two words will appear.

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