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Affixation vs Clipping - What's the difference?

affixation | clipping |

As nouns the difference between affixation and clipping

is that affixation is the adding of an affix to a word while clipping is a piece of something removed by clipping.

As a verb clipping is

present participle of lang=en.

affixation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The adding of an affix to a word.

    • Related terms

    * affix * infix * infixation * interfix * interfixation * prefix * prefixation * suffix * suffixation

    clipping

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • (countable) A piece of something removed by clipping.
    • a clipping of hair
    grass clippings
  • (countable) An article clipped from a newspaper.
  • (countable, linguistics) A short form (of a word).
    • The word "ad" is a clipping of "advertisement".
  • (uncountable, signal processing) the process of cutting off a signal level that rises above a certain maximum level

    • Synonyms

    * (piece of something removed by clipping) offcut, snippet * (article clipped from a newspaper) cutting, newspaper clipping, newspaper cutting * (word formed by shortening another) short form