line ▁version ▁( A pril ▁ 2 0 1 1 ). ▁ ▁Am end ments ▁entered ▁in ▁the ▁on - line ▁version ▁( F ebru ary ▁ 2 0 1 3 ). ▁ ▁D iffer ences ▁between ▁the ▁D GL C ▁and ▁the ▁D IE C ▁ ▁The ▁idea ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁dictionary ▁arose ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁ever - lar ger ▁differences ▁between ▁the ▁lex icon ▁employed ▁in ▁the ▁D GL C ▁and ▁current ▁usage . ▁The ▁project ▁for ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁D IE C ▁did ▁not ▁start ▁from ▁scratch , ▁therefore , ▁but ▁began ▁by ▁building ▁on ▁the ▁D GL C , ▁and ▁retained ▁some ▁of ▁its ▁features . ▁ ▁A part ▁from ▁updating ▁the ▁lex icon , ▁the ▁main ▁adv ances ▁in ▁the ▁new ▁dictionary ▁are ▁its ▁size ▁( it ▁is ▁a ▁third ▁larger ▁than ▁the ▁D GL C ), ▁the ▁way ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁articles ▁are ▁ordered ▁and ▁the ▁perfect ing ▁of ▁the ▁sp elling . ▁In ▁this ▁last ▁field ▁the ▁standard isation ▁of ▁aff ix es , ▁the ▁updating ▁of ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁the ▁hy phen ▁and ▁specific ▁changes , ▁for ▁et ym ological ▁reasons , ▁in ▁acc ent ing ▁and ▁writing ▁are ▁worthy ▁of ▁note . ▁ ▁The ▁D IE C ▁has ▁been ▁further ▁extended ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁nom en cl ature ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁the ▁articles . ▁As ▁for ▁the ▁lex icon , ▁it ▁has ▁mostly ▁expanded ▁in ▁the ▁fields ▁of ▁science ▁and ▁technology ▁and ▁in ▁dialect al ▁words ▁and ▁sl ang .