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Compounding vs Affixation - What's the difference?

compounding | affixation |

As nouns the difference between compounding and affixation

is that compounding is an accumulation of compound interest while affixation is the adding of an affix to a word.

As a verb compounding

is present participle of lang=en.

compounding

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An accumulation of compound interest.
    • the number of compoundings per year

    affixation

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The adding of an affix to a word.

    • Related terms

    * affix * infix * infixation * interfix * interfixation * prefix * prefixation * suffix * suffixation