Noun vs Verbify - What's the difference?
noun | verbify |
(grammar, sensu lato) A name of a thing. Either a noun substantive, which can stand alone and does not require another word to be joined with it to show its signification, or a noun adjective, which can not stand by itself, but requires to be joined with some other word, in order to make sense.
(grammar, sensu stricto) A word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
To convert a word to a noun.
* 1992 , Lewis Acrelius Froman, Language and Power: Books III, IV, and V
* 2000 , Andrew J. DuBrin, The complete idiot's guide to leadership
(nonstandard) To use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.
(transitive, nonstandard, slang) To derive a verb from a pre-existing noun.
As verbs the difference between noun and verbify
is that noun is to convert a word to a noun while verbify is (nonstandard) to use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.As a noun noun
is (grammar) a word that can be used to refer to a person, animal, place, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea; one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including english.noun
English
(wikipedia noun)Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* (sensu stricto) In English (and in many other languages), a noun can serve as the subject or object of a verb. For example, the English words (table) and (computer) are nouns. See .Synonyms
* name, nameword * (sensu stricto) noun substantive, substantiveHyponyms
* (sensu lato) noun substantive = substantive, noun adjective = adjective * (sensu stricto) See alsoDerived terms
* abstract noun * adjectival noun * attributive noun * collective noun * common noun * concrete noun * count noun * mass noun * non-count noun * noun adjunct * noun clause * noun of assemblage * noun of multitude * noun phrase * plural noun * pronoun * proper noun * uncount nounSee also
* countableVerb
(en verb)- For example, that females are different from but equal to males is oxymoronic by virtue of the nouned status of female and male as kinds of persons.
- However, too much nouning makes you sound bureaucratic, immature, and verbally challenged. Top executives convert far fewer nouns into verbs than do workers at lower levels.
