The term dialect (from Latin dialectus, dialectos, from the ancient Greek word διάλεκτος diálektos, "discourse", from διά diá, "through" and λέγω legō, "I speak") is used in two distinct ways to refer to two different types of linguistic phenomena.
Is there an answer to this question (If it cannot be answered, say "unanswerable"): How many distinct ways is the term dialect used?
two