Cambridge Dictionary vs WordWeb

Cambridge Dictionary is an online reference offering English learner, academic, and business dictionaries, plus bilingual translation dictionaries. Its content draws on the Cambridge English Corpus, which Cambridge says contains more than 1.5 billion words of real English. Pronunciation pages provide British and American audio, phonetic transcriptions, and videos illustrating words and sentences. The thesaurus includes synonyms, antonyms, examples, and explanations of differences between words and phrases in British and American English. Cambridge Dictionary +Plus adds quizzes, word lists, and word games; users can create, download, and share free lists and quizzes, with up to 500 words in each list. The online plan costs nothing and includes dictionaries and +Plus word lists and quizzes. Cambridge also offers an API, a free double-click dictionary search for websites, and search widgets. Access is listed for web, Android, iOS, and extensions, with 29 languages covered. Cambridge Dictionaries Online began offering dictionaries free of charge in 1999.

WordWeb is an English dictionary and thesaurus for definitions, synonyms, examples, and translations, with one-click lookup in Windows programs. The free version lists 160,000 root words and 230,000 word senses, plus basic AI suggestions and translations. The maker says WordWeb works offline; contextual AI definitions and translations are available online. WordWeb also offers audio pronunciations, usage examples, and web reference tabs such as Wikipedia. Pro adds wildcard and full-text search, anagram solving, custom glossaries, adding new words, and custom web references. Optional Oxford, Chambers, and Collins dictionaries are available. The maker links to iPhone, iPad, and Android apps, and lists Windows and macOS support. The free version costs nothing. WordWeb Pro is $1.50 a month billed yearly ($18/Yr), WordWeb Pro Bundle is $2.42 a month billed yearly ($29/Yr), and US Reference Bundle is $4.08 a month billed yearly ($49/Yr). Personal licenses cover up to two personal computers, or one computer with more than one user; network use requires special licensing.