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Allophon vs Allomorph - What's the difference?

allophon | allomorph |

As a noun allomorph is

(chemistry) any of the different crystalline forms of a substance.

allophon

Not English

Allophon has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'allophon':

albumen, albumin, alpenhorn, alvimopan, alluvion, alebench, albuminin, albomycin

allomorph

English

(wikipedia allomorph)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of the different crystalline forms of a substance.
  • (linguistics) Any of the different phonological representations of a morpheme.

    • Synonyms

    * (crystalline form) paramorph

    Derived terms

    * allomorphic * allomorphism