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Morphological vs Syntactical - What's the difference?

morphological | syntactical |

As adjectives the difference between morphological and syntactical

is that morphological is of, or pertaining to, morphology while syntactical is syntactic, related to syntax.

morphological

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Of, or pertaining to, morphology
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  • In much the same way, morphological competence'' is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure. For example, native speakers of English know that ''van'' and ''can'' have the respective plural forms ''vans'' and ''cans'', but that the plural of ''man'' is ''men'' and not *''mans . [...]

    Derived terms

    * morphologically

    syntactical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • syntactic, related to syntax
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