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Circumflex vs Circumplex - What's the difference?

circumflex | circumplex |

As nouns the difference between circumflex and circumplex

is that circumflex is a diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in certain languages to change its pronunciation; also used in combination with certain consonants in Esperanto to create additional letterscircumplex is a graphical representation, using polar coordinates, of the interactions of a central entity.

As an adjective circumflex

is having a circumflex mark.

As a verb circumflex

is to mark or pronounce with a circumflex.

circumflex

English

Noun

(es)
  • (orthography) a diacritical mark () placed over a vowel in certain languages to change its pronunciation; also used in combination with certain consonants]] in Esperanto to create [[w:Esperanto_orthography, additional letters

    • Adjective

  • having a mark
    • ê is e circumflex .
  • curving around
    • The circumflex coronary artery

    Verb

    (es)
  • to mark or pronounce with a circumflex
    • to circumflex a syllable
    (Walker)

    circumplex

    English

    Noun

    (Interpersonal circumplex) (es)
  • A graphical representation, using polar coordinates, of the interactions of a central entity