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Elision vs Shortening - What's the difference?

elision | shortening |

As nouns the difference between elision and shortening

is that elision is elision (the omission of a letter or syllable) while shortening is solid fat, such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil, used to make shortcrust pastry.

As a verb shortening is

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elision

English

(wikipedia elision)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The deliberate omission of something.
  • The omission of a letter or syllable between two words; sometimes marked with an apostrophe.

    • Related terms

    * elide

    See also

    * syncope

    References

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    Anagrams

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    shortening

    English

    (wikipedia shortening)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Solid fat, such as butter, lard or hydrogenated vegetable oil, used to make shortcrust pastry.

    • Verb

    (head)