Intermixed vs Interfixed - What's the difference?
intermixed | interfixed |
(intermix)
To mix together; to intermingle or blend.
An intermixture; the product of mixing together
*{{quote-book, 1973, Wilson Brian Key, Subliminal Seduction
, passage=This idealized structure may not exist in reality, considering the high divorce rate and the intermixes of maternal-paternal dominance characteristics.}}
(interfix)
(morphology) An empty morph inserted between two morphemes in the process of word formation, such as English .
*2004 , Francis Katamba, Morphology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics [http://books.google.com/books?id=QBsKpjIh3J8C], ISBN 0415270790, page 187:
*:An empty morph is an interfix if it fulfills all of the following three conditions (Dressier, 1985f).
(computing, information retrieval, dated) An association link, a device to group multiple words or concepts.
*1959 , Frank S. Wagner, Jr., A Dictionary of Documentation Terms [http://books.google.com/books?id=MlgZAAAAMAAJ], page 19:
*:LOCANT, n. A number used in the Dyson cipher system for coding the position of substituents of carbon chain, i.e. an interfix .
(engineering) To attach or anchor two or more parts together.
*1932 , Elmer G. Koch, "Collar Fastener", United States Patent 1915250 [http://www.google.com/patents?id=tpZPAAAAEBAJ], page 2:
*:Generally speaking the article is formed of two pieces which are interfixed for providing a pair of spring urged jaws...
(morphology) To insert an interfix between two morphemes.
*2001', Wolfgang U. Dressler et al., "The Processing of '''interfixed German compounds", in ''Yearbook of Morphology 1999 [http://books.google.com/books?id=igymN2VyWB8C], ISBN 079236631X, page 185:
*:Our goal in the construction of this task was to isolate and highlight the relationship between the interfixed and free forms of the initial constituent.
As verbs the difference between intermixed and interfixed
is that intermixed is past tense of intermix while interfixed is past tense of interfix.intermixed
English
Verb
(head)intermix
English
Verb
(es)Derived terms
* intermixture * intermixerNoun
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