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Augment vs Epenthesis - What's the difference?

augment | epenthesis |

As nouns the difference between augment and epenthesis

is that augment is (grammar) in some indo-european languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb while epenthesis is (phonetics|prosody) the insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.

As a verb augment

is to increase; to make larger or supplement.

augment

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To increase; to make larger or supplement.
    • The money from renting out a spare room can augment a salary.
  • (reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
  • (music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
  • (music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
  • (grammar) To add an augment to.

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e-'' (''a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.

    • Derived terms

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    Related terms

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    External links

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    Anagrams

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    epenthesis

    English

    (wikipedia epenthesis)

    Noun

    (epentheses)
  • (phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.

    • Derived terms

    * epenthetic

    Hypernyms

    * metaplasm

    Hyponyms

    * excrescence * anaptyxis

    External links

    * Definition at silva rhetoricae, The Forest of Rhetoric ----