phonics vs. phonetics

phonics

noun

(used with a singular verb)

  1. a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.

  2. Obsolete.,  phonetics.

phonetics

noun

(used with a singular verb)

  1. the science or study of speech sounds and their production, transmission, and reception, and their analysis, classification, and transcription.

  2. the phonetic system or the body of phonetic facts of a particular language.

  3. the symbols used to represent the speech sounds of a language.