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Metaplast vs Metaplasm - What's the difference?

metaplast | metaplasm |

As nouns the difference between metaplast and metaplasm

is that metaplast is (grammar) a word having more than one form of the root while metaplasm is (linguistics) any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.

metaplast

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (grammar) A word having more than one form of the root.
    • (Webster 1913)

    metaplasm

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) Any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds
  • (biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell

    • Hyponyms

    * (linguistics) epenthesis, paragoge, prothesis; diaeresis, aphaeresis, apocope, ellipsis, ecthlipsis, synaloepha, synaeresis, syncope, systole; metathesis; antisthecon

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