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Epenthesis vs Epenthetically - What's the difference?

epenthesis | epenthetically |

As a noun epenthesis

is the insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.

As an adverb epenthetically is

in an epenthetic manner; by means of epenthesis.

epenthesis

English

(wikipedia epenthesis)

Noun

(epentheses)
  • (phonetics, prosody) The insertion of a phoneme, letter, or syllable into a word, usually to satisfy the phonological constraints of a language or poetic context.

    • Derived terms

    * epenthetic

    Hypernyms

    * metaplasm

    Hyponyms

    * excrescence * anaptyxis

    External links

    * Definition at silva rhetoricae, The Forest of Rhetoric ----

    epenthetically

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In an epenthetic manner; by means of epenthesis.