What is the difference between inflection and declension?
inflection | declension | Hyponyms |
(grammar) A change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function.
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
(grammar): A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
(grammar): The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
Declension is a hyponym of inflection.
Declension is a hypernym of inflection.
In grammar terms the difference between inflection and declension
is that inflection is a change in the form of a word that reflects a change in grammatical function while declension is : The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.inflection
English
(wikipedia inflection)Alternative forms
* inflexionNoun
- an inflection for gender, number, or tense
Synonyms
* flection * flexionHyponyms
* (grammar) conjugation * (grammar) declensiondeclension
English
Noun
(wikipedia declension) (en noun)- In Latin, 'amicus' belongs to the second declension . Most second-declension nouns end in '-i' in the genitive singular and '-um' in the accusative singular.