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elision

Metathesis vs Elision - What's the difference?

metathesis | elision |


As nouns the difference between metathesis and elision

is that metathesis is (prosody) the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/ while elision is elision (the omission of a letter or syllable).

Elision vs Clipping - What's the difference?

elision | clipping |


As nouns the difference between elision and clipping

is that elision is elision (the omission of a letter or syllable) while clipping is (countable) a piece of something removed by clipping.

As a verb clipping is

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Reduction vs Elision - What's the difference?

reduction | elision |


As nouns the difference between reduction and elision

is that reduction is the act, process, or result of reducing while elision is the deliberate omission of something.

Elision vs Apheresis - What's the difference?

elision | apheresis |


As nouns the difference between elision and apheresis

is that elision is elision (the omission of a letter or syllable) while apheresis is (linguistics|prosody) elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of (term) from (term); procope.

Haplology vs Elision - What's the difference?

haplology | elision |


As nouns the difference between haplology and elision

is that haplology is (linguistics) the process of deleting one of two almost identical syllables within a word while elision is elision (the omission of a letter or syllable).

Illusion vs Elision - What's the difference?

illusion | elision |


As nouns the difference between illusion and elision

is that illusion is anything that seems to be something that it is not while elision is the deliberate omission of something.

Linking vs Elision - What's the difference?

linking | elision |


As nouns the difference between linking and elision

is that linking is linkage while elision is the deliberate omission of something.

As a verb linking

is present participle of link.

As an adjective linking

is serving to connect other things together.

Elision vs Substitution - What's the difference?

elision | substitution |


As nouns the difference between elision and substitution

is that elision is elision (the omission of a letter or syllable) while substitution is substitution, replacement.

Elision vs Shortening - What's the difference?

elision | shortening |


As nouns the difference between elision and shortening

is that elision is elision (the omission of a letter or syllable) while shortening is solid fat, such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil, used to make shortcrust pastry.

As a verb shortening is

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Elision - What does it mean?

elision | |

is likely misspelled.


has no English definition.

As a noun elision

is the deliberate omission of something.

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