Suffix vs Confix - What's the difference?
suffix | confix |
One or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
(mathematics) A subscript.
to append (something) to the end of something else
(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
, 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.}}
(obsolete) To make firm; to fix in a particular place or state
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As nouns the difference between suffix and confix
is that suffix is one or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning while confix is an affix consisting of a prefix and suffix affixed simultaneously to the root.As verbs the difference between suffix and confix
is that suffix is to append (something) to the end of something else while confix is to make firm; to fix in a particular place or state.suffix
English
(wikipedia suffix)Noun
(es)- The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".
Usage notes
* The plural suffices occasionally appears (including in one educational publication), but it is not a standard Latin plural.Coordinate terms
* (affixes)Derived terms
* inflectional suffix * derivational suffix * suffixal * suffixationSee also
*Verb
(es)confix
English
(wikipedia confix)Noun
(es)citation