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Prefix vs Confix - What's the difference?

prefix | confix |

As nouns the difference between prefix and confix

is that prefix is that which is prefixed; especially one or more letters or syllables added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning; as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure while confix is an affix consisting of a prefix and suffix affixed simultaneously to the root.

As verbs the difference between prefix and confix

is that prefix is to determine beforehand; to set in advance while confix is to make firm; to fix in a particular place or state.

prefix

English

Alternative forms

* , prefixe (obsolete)

Noun

(prefixes)
  • That which is prefixed; especially one or more letters or syllables added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning; as, pre-'' in prefix, ''con- in conjure.

    • Usage notes

    * Though much less common, a plural form prefices exists as well, apparently formed by analogy with , and so on.

    Synonyms

    * prefixum (archaic)

    Derived terms

    * prefixal * prefixation

    Verb

    (es)
  • (label) To determine beforehand; to set in advance.
  • *:
  • *:he took the Quene Gueneuer and sayd playnly that he wolde wedde hyr / whyche was his vnkyls wyf and his faders wyf / And soo he made redy for the feest / And a day prefyxt that they shold be wedded / wherfore quene Gweneuer was passyng huey / But she durst not dyscouer hyr herte
  • *, I.40:
  • *:But the danger was, that a man can hardly prefix any certaine limits unto his desire.
  • (label) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of something; to place at the start.

    • Related terms

    * fix * pre- * prepend

    See also

    * * (wikipedia)

    References

    External links

    * * English heteronyms ----

    confix

    English

    (wikipedia confix)

    Noun

    (es)
  • (linguistics) An affix consisting of a prefix and suffix affixed simultaneously to the root
  • *{{quote-book, 2005, Elizabeth Zeitoun, The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, chapter=Tsou citation
    • , passage=As is demonstrated by m-as-ku, tens are derived from the confix m- ... -hu. }}
  • (linguistics, rare) An affix which is not divided, and which does not divide a root: thus, a prefix, suffix, or interfix
  • *{{quote-book, 1982, & Philip Luelsdorff, Towards a Language of Linguistics, url=, page=84
    • , passage=22. A PREFIX: a confix which precedes a root.}}

    Synonyms

    *(prefix-suffix unit) circumfix, ambifix

    Coordinate terms

    *(affixes)

    Verb

    (es)
  • (obsolete) To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state
  • *