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Circumflex vs Deflect - What's the difference?

circumflex | deflect |

As verbs the difference between circumflex and deflect

is that circumflex is to mark or pronounce with a circumflex while deflect is to make (something) deviate from its original path.

As a noun circumflex

is (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.

As an adjective circumflex

is having a mark.

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)

    deflect

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To make (something) deviate from its original path.
  • To deviate from its original path.
  • (figuratively) To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.).
    • The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment.
  • (figuratively) To divert (attention, etc.).
  • * 2013 , Luke Harding and Uki Goni, Argentina urges UK to hand back Falklands and 'end colonialism'' (in ''The Guardian , 3 January 2013)[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/02/argentina-britain-hand-back-falklands]
    • Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home.