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Geminate vs Seminate - What's the difference?

geminate | seminate |

As verbs the difference between geminate and seminate

is that geminate is to arrange in pairs while seminate is to sow; to spread; to propagate.

As an adjective geminate

is forming a pair.

geminate

English

Adjective

(-)
  • 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

    seminate

    English

    Verb

    (seminat)
  • To sow; to spread; to propagate.
  • (Waterhouse)
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