Inconsistent terminology makes a setting feel less stable and can confuse readers about whether two names refer to the same thing.
Glossary term
World terminology
World terminology is the consistency of invented or setting-specific terms, spellings, ranks, titles, factions, places, rituals, and rules.
Definition
What world terminology means
World terminology matters most in fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, complex institutions, and series work. It tracks how a manuscript names and capitalizes its world.
A faction is called the Sun Court in one chapter, the Suncourt in another, and the Court of Suns later without clear distinction.
Wise Wombat checks spellings, capitalization, pluralization, ranks, titles, factions, places, organizations, rituals, technologies, species, magic terms, and historical labels.
Related
Related continuity terms
These terms often appear together during manuscript revision.
Location continuity
Location continuity is the consistency of rooms, geography, entrances, exits, distances, travel paths, and object placement.
Manuscript continuity
Manuscript continuity is the internal consistency of a draft across time, character facts, locations, references, structure, and world rules.
Series continuity
Series continuity is the consistency of characters, timelines, world rules, terminology, and long-running promises across connected books.