Types of English Words

1. Types of English Words
Ordinary Literal Ordinary Figurative
Literary Words
Words Words
Colloquial Words Slang Words Poetical Words
Technical Words Commercial Words Foreign Words
Note :
Literal Word- hand(used as a limb), Figurative Word- Hand ( used to
mean a person), Literary Word- valiant, Colloquial Words are- Literal
and Figurative words that cannot be included in literary discourse,
Slang Word –’to stage a come-back’ was a slang expression when
first used in 1920,Poetical Word-thou, ere, Technical
Word- proof (from printing), Commercial Word- ditto, Foreign Word-précis.