Are semantics and syntax the same?

Question

What is the difference in meaning between \'semantics\' and \'syntax\'? What are they?

Also, what\'s the difference between things like \"semantic website vs. normal we

Answer 1

Syntax is the word order of a sentence. In English it would be the subject-verb-object form.

Semantic is the meaning behind words. E.g: she ate a saw. The word saw doesn't match according to the meaning of the sentence. but it is grammatically correct. so its syntax is correct. =)