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Affix vs Paste - What's the difference?

affix | paste |

As nouns the difference between affix and paste

is that affix is that which is affixed; an appendage while paste is a soft mixture, in particular.

As verbs the difference between affix and paste

is that affix is to attach while paste is to stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.

affix

English

(wikipedia affix)

Noun

(es)
  • That which is affixed; an appendage.
  • (linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; formerly applied only to suffixes (also called postfixes), the term as now used comprises prefixes, suffixes, infixes, circumfixes, and suprafixes.
  • (mathematics) The complex number a+bi associated to the point in the Gauss Plane with coordinates (a,b).

    • Antonyms

    * nonaffix

    Hyponyms

    * (affixes)

    Coordinate terms

    * clitic

    Verb

    (es)
  • To attach.
  • * Ray
    • Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food
    to affix''' a stigma to a person; to '''affix ridicule or blame to somebody
  • To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
    • to affix''' a syllable to a word; to '''affix''' a seal to an instrument; to '''affix one's name to a writing
  • To fix or fasten figuratively; with on'' or ''upon .
    • eyes affixed upon the ground
    (Spenser)

    paste

    English

    (wikipedia paste)

    Noun

  • A soft mixture, in particular:
  • # One of flour, fat, or similar ingredients used in making pastry.
  • # One of pounded foods, such as fish paste, liver paste, or tomato paste.
  • # One used as an adhesive, especially for putting up wallpapers, etc.
  • (physics) A substance that behaves as a solid until a sufficiently large load or stress is applied, at which point it flows like a fluid
  • A hard lead-containing glass, or an artificial gemstone made from this glass.
  • (obsolete) Pasta.
  • (mineralogy) The mineral substance in which other minerals are embedded.

    • Verb

    (past)
  • To stick with paste; to cause to adhere by or as if by paste.
  • (computing) To insert a piece of (e.g. text, picture, audio, video, movie container etc.) previously copied or cut from somewhere else.
  • (informal) To strike or beat someone or something.
  • * 1943 , , chapter 23,
    • He got up and pasted Byfield in the mouth.
  • (informal) To defeat decisively or by a large margin.

    • Anagrams

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