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Metathesis vs Metaplasm - What's the difference?

metathesis | metaplasm | Hyponyms |

Metaplasm is a hyponym of metathesis.



As nouns the difference between metathesis and metaplasm

is that metathesis is the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks while metaplasm is any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.

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

    See also

    * spoonerism

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    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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