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Geminate vs Germinate - What's the difference?

geminate | germinate |

As verbs the difference between geminate and germinate

is that geminate is to arrange in pairs while germinate is to sprout or produce buds.

As an adjective geminate

is forming a pair.

geminate

English

Adjective

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  • Forming a pair.
  • * 2008 , Sara Finley, Review of “The Representation and Processing of Compound Words”
    • For example, Martin (2007) notes that compounds in several languages (including English and Turkish) violate the general phonological principles in the language (e.g., English only allows geminate consonants in compounds).

    Verb

    (geminat)
  • To arrange in pairs.
  • To occur in pairs.

    • Derived terms

    * gemination

    Related terms

    * Gemini

    germinate

    English

    Verb

  • To sprout or produce buds.
    • (Francis Bacon)
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  • To cause to grow.
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