👉 The term "diacritic" refers to the marks or symbols used in writing that represent different sounds or characters within a word. These symbols can be placed at specific points of a character, and they help distinguish between words with different meanings. For example, the diacritic mark on the letter "a" is called a diaeresis (a tilde), while the diacritic mark on the letter "o" is called an apostrophe (a forward point).
