Aphaeresis is a hyponym of metaplasm.
As nouns the difference between aphaeresis and metaplasm
is that aphaeresis is (uk|canadian) while metaplasm is (linguistics) any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.
aphaeresis
English
Noun
(aphaereses)
(UK, Canadian)
metaplasm
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(linguistics) Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds
(biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell
Hyponyms
* (linguistics) epenthesis, paragoge, prothesis; diaeresis, aphaeresis, apocope, ellipsis, ecthlipsis, synaloepha, synaeresis, syncope, systole; metathesis; antisthecon
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