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What is the difference between inflexion and declension?

inflexion | declension | Hypernyms |

Inflexion is a hypernym of declension.


As nouns the difference between inflexion and declension

is that inflexion is (inflection) while declension is (grammar): a way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.

inflexion

English

Noun

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    declension

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia declension) (en noun)
  • (grammar): A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.
  • 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.
  • (grammar): The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order.
  • Hypernyms

    * inflection (inflexion)

    Coordinate terms

    * conjugation

    Derived terms

    * declensional

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