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Heterosyllabic vs Tautosyllabic - What's the difference?

heterosyllabic | tautosyllabic | Antonyms |

Tautosyllabic is a antonym of heterosyllabic.



In linguistics terms the difference between heterosyllabic and tautosyllabic

is that heterosyllabic is not occurring in the same syllable while tautosyllabic is occurring in the same syllable.

heterosyllabic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (linguistics) Not occurring in the same syllable.

    • Antonyms

    * tautosyllabic

    See also

    * heteromorphemic

    External links

    * (wikipedia "heterosyllabic")

    tautosyllabic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (linguistics) Occurring in the same syllable.

    • Antonyms

    * heterosyllabic

    See also

    * tautomorphemic

    External links

    * (wikipedia "tautosyllabic")