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Metathesis vs Epithesis - What's the difference?

metathesis | epithesis |

As nouns the difference between metathesis and epithesis

is that metathesis is (prosody) the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/ while epithesis is (linguistics) the addition of a letter or sound at the end of a word, without changing its meaning, as in "numb" for "num" or "whilst" for "whiles".

metathesis

English

(wikipedia metathesis)

Noun

(metatheses)
  • (prosody) the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/
  • (inorganic chemistry) the double decomposition of inorganic salts
  • (organic chemistry) the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped

    • Related terms

    * metathetic * metathesize

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    * spoonerism

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    epithesis

    English

    Noun

  • (linguistics) The addition of a letter or sound at the end of a word, without changing its meaning, as in "numb" for "num" or "whilst" for "whiles".

    • Related terms

    * epithetic (Webster 1913)