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Monosyllabic vs Nonmonosyllabic - What's the difference?

monosyllabic | nonmonosyllabic |

As adjectives the difference between monosyllabic and nonmonosyllabic

is that monosyllabic is consisting of one syllable while nonmonosyllabic is not monosyllabic.

As a noun monosyllabic

is a word consisting of one syllable.

monosyllabic

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Consisting of one syllable.
  • Using monosyllables, speaking in monosyllables; curt.

    • Antonyms

    * polysyllabic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a word consisting of one syllable

    • nonmonosyllabic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not monosyllabic.