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Deflect vs Inflective - What's the difference?

deflect | inflective |

As a verb deflect

is to make (something) deviate from its original path.

As an adjective inflective is

inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.

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.

    inflective

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (grammar) Inflectional; characterized by variation, or change in form, to mark case, tense, etc.; subject to inflection.
  • Capable of, or relating to, inflection; deflecting.
  • * Derham
    • the inflective quality of the air