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Semination vs Gemination - What's the difference?

semination | gemination |

As nouns the difference between semination and gemination

is that semination is the act of sowing or spreading while gemination is (phonetics) a phenomenon when a consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is done normally.

semination

English

Noun

  • The act of sowing or spreading.
  • (botany) The natural dispersion of seeds.
    • (Martyn)
    (Webster 1913)

    gemination

    English

    (wikipedia gemination)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) A phenomenon when a consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is done normally.

    • Derived terms

    * degemination

    Related terms

    * geminate * Gemini

    See also

    * twinning