I thought all change is diachronic.*
I looked it up and found out that ‘diachrony’ is a term of art in linguistic analysis, contrasting with synchronic analysis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diachrony_and_synchrony
*Edit: I initially thought that saying ‘diachronic change’ was like saying ‘three-sided triangle’. But thinking about it, I suppose things do change in space but not time, e.g ‘the pattern changes abruptly’
I thought all change is diachronic.*
I looked it up and found out that ‘diachrony’ is a term of art in linguistic analysis, contrasting with synchronic analysis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diachrony_and_synchrony
*Edit: I initially thought that saying ‘diachronic change’ was like saying ‘three-sided triangle’. But thinking about it, I suppose things do change in space but not time, e.g ‘the pattern changes abruptly’