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Agglutinative vs Fusional - What's the difference?

agglutinative | fusional |

As adjectives the difference between agglutinative and fusional

is that agglutinative is sticky, tacky, adhesive while fusional is tending to overlay many morphemes in a manner that can be difficult to segment.

agglutinative

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Sticky, tacky, adhesive.
  • (linguistics) Having words derived by combining parts, each with a separate meaning.

    • Related terms

    * agglutinant * agglutinate * agglutination

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    fusional

    English

    Adjective

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  • (linguistics, of a language) Tending to overlay many morphemes in a manner that can be difficult to segment.