Dictionaries have come a long way from the big dusty book that used to sit on the shelf, rarely used. Now much of our word searches are done using one of the freely available online dictionaries, or by simple Googling the word.
However, they can sometimes be a bit bland, a bit dull to the eye. They are, perhaps, less tailored to the needs of those with different learning styles; those who require something a bit more visual...
With that in mind, a very unique approach has been taken to the traditional dictionary by 'Visuwords'.
Visuwords is essentially a 'graphical dictionary', where the user can look up words to find their meanings and their associations with other words and concepts. You just type the word you are looking for and the results are displayed in a graphical diagram which lays out its meaning and how it relates to other similar words... We did a search for 'Music'. See the image below for the results...
At a glance, all the words associated with the original search term are displayed in a spider-web type diagram. There is a key to how they are linked in the left hand column. If you hover the mouse over any word on the page, the meaning will pop up. So essentially, it acts as both a dictionary and a thesaurus all in one go.
It's pretty cool.
http://www.visuwords.com/
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