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Flexure vs Inflection - What's the difference?

flexure | inflection |

As nouns the difference between flexure and inflection

is that flexure is the act of bending or flexing; flexion while inflection is (grammar) a change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.

flexure

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
  • A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
  • * British Quarterly Review
    • Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered.
  • (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
  • (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
  • (astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.

    • Related terms

    * flex * flexural * flexion

    References

    * The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000). (Webster 1913) ----

    inflection

    English

    (wikipedia inflection)

    Alternative forms

    * inflexion

    Noun

  • (grammar) A change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.
    • an inflection for gender, number, or tense
  • A change in pitch or tone of voice.
  • (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
  • A turning away from a straight course.
  • (optometry) diffraction

    • Synonyms

    * flection * flexion

    Hyponyms

    * (grammar) conjugation * (grammar) declension

    Related terms

    * inflect * inflected