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Inflectional vs Fusional - What's the difference?

inflectional | fusional |

As adjectives the difference between inflectional and fusional

is that inflectional is of or pertaining to inflection while fusional is tending to overlay many morphemes in a manner that can be difficult to segment.

inflectional

English

Alternative forms

* inflexional

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to inflection.
  • (mathematics) Of or pertaining to a point of inflection of a curve.

    • Derived terms

    * inflectional morphology * inflectional phrase * inflectional tangent

    fusional

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (linguistics, of a language) Tending to overlay many morphemes in a manner that can be difficult to segment.