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Anadrome vs Semordnilap - What's the difference?

anadrome | semordnilap | Synonyms |

Semordnilap is a synonym of anadrome.



As nouns the difference between anadrome and semordnilap

is that anadrome is a word which forms a different word when spelled backwards while semordnilap is a word, phrase, or sentence that has the property of forming another word, phrase, or sentence when its letters are reversed. A semordnilap differs from a palindrome in that the word or phrase resulting from the reversal is different from the original word or phrase.

anadrome

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A word which forms a different word when spelled backwards.
    • ''"desserts" and "stressed" are believed to be the longest common English anadromes
  • An anadromous fish.

    • See also

    * palindrome * anagram * semordnilap ----

    semordnilap

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A word, phrase, or sentence that has the property of forming another word, phrase, or sentence when its letters are reversed. A semordnilap differs from a palindrome in that the word or phrase resulting from the reversal is different from the original word or phrase.
  • * {{quote-book, 1965, , Language on Vacation: An Olio of Orthological Oddities, page=42 citation
    • , passage=[he] then goes on to credit us with giving him some of the best examples of semordnilaps .}}
  • * {{quote-book, 2000, Gail Smith, Celebrate the Piano, page=18, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=3gmlW_hW4JMC&pg=PA18
    • , passage=This song is a semordnilap . It can be played forward and then sounds different when it is played backwards.}}
  • * {{quote-book, 2008, Alex Pogel & David Ozonoff, chapter=Contingency Structures and Concept Analysis, title=Formal Concept Analysis, editors=Medina & Obietkov, page=318, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=J3mTaeAzEAAC&pg=PA318
    • , passage=ACE is an acronym for Analysis of Concepts for Epidemiologists, and a semordnilap for ECA, Epidemiological Concept Analysis.}}

    Synonyms

    * anadrome, antigram, half-palindrome, heteropalindrome, reversgram, reversible anagram, semi-palindrome, word reversal

    Anagrams

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