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Nonwood vs Nonword - What's the difference?

nonwood | nonword |

As an adjective nonwood

is not of or pertaining to wood.

As a noun nonword is

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nonwood

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Not of or pertaining to wood.

    • nonword

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • *2000 , Zevin and Joanisse, Orthographic and Metrical Cues to English Stress
    • We used a nonword naming task to examine how English speakers assign stress to novel phonological forms.
  • * 2004 , Commentary on the 2004 African Scrabble Championships
    • Trevor quickly challenged my nonword and then cleverly played out with TITIAN