Morph vs Grapheme - What's the difference?
morph | grapheme |
(linguistics) A physical form representing some morpheme in language. It is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds.
(linguistics) An allomorph: one of a set of realizations that a morpheme can have in different contexts.
(biology) Local variety of a species, distinguishable from other populations of the species by morphology or behaviour.
A computer-generated gradual change from one image to another.
(colloquial, ambitransitive) To change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.
To undergo dramatic change in a seamless and barely noticeable fashion.
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As nouns the difference between morph and grapheme
is that morph is (linguistics) a physical form representing some morpheme in language it is a recurrent distinctive sound or sequence sounds while grapheme is .As a verb morph
is (colloquial|ambitransitive) to change shape, from one form to another, through computer animation.morph
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
Shortening of metamorphose: to change in shape or form.Verb
(en verb)Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders," New York Times (retrieved 21 June 2013):
- By the time politicians in several cities backed down on Tuesday and announced that they would cut or consider reducing fares, the demonstrations had already morphed into a more sweeping social protest, with marchers waving banners carrying slogans like “The people have awakened.”