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Aphaeresis vs Apocope - What's the difference?

aphaeresis | apocope |

Aphaeresis is a see also of apocope.


As nouns the difference between aphaeresis and apocope

is that aphaeresis is (uk|canadian) while apocope is (prosody) the loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.

aphaeresis

English

Noun

(aphaereses)
  • (UK, Canadian)

    • apocope

    English

    (wikipedia)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (prosody) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.

    • Related terms

    * apocopate * apocopation * apocopic

    Coordinate terms

    * aphaeresis (omission of a sound to the beginning of a word) * paragoge (addition of a sound to the end of a word) * syncope (omission of a sound from the middle of a word) ----