Endocentric vs Exocentric - What's the difference?
endocentric | exocentric |
(grammar, of a phrase or compound word) fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents.
(linguistics, of a phrase or compound) Not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.
Exocentric is a related term of endocentric.
As adjectives the difference between endocentric and exocentric
is that endocentric is fulfilling the same grammatical role as one of its constituents while exocentric is not having the same part of speech as any of its constituent words.endocentric
English
(wikipedia endocentric)Adjective
(-)- The noun "houseboat" is endocentric because "boat" is also a noun.