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Inflected vs Inflexed - What's the difference?

inflected | inflexed |

In botany terms the difference between inflected and inflexed

is that inflected is bent or curved inward or downward while inflexed is inflected.

As adjectives the difference between inflected and inflexed

is that inflected is deviating from a straight line while inflexed is inflected.

As a verb inflected

is past tense of inflect.

inflected

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Deviating from a straight line.
  • (grammar) Changed in form to reflect function (referring to a word).
  • (linguistics) Having inflected word forms.
  • :(An inflected language is one in which words change form when their function changes.)
  • (botany) bent or curved inward or downward

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (inflect)

    • inflexed

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (botany) inflected