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Aphaeresis vs Metaplasm - What's the difference?

aphaeresis | metaplasm | Hyponyms |

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