Suffix vs Suffice - What's the difference?
suffix | suffice |
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
To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate.
* Milton
To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
* 1838 , The Church of England quarterly review (page 203)
To furnish; to supply adequately.
In transitive terms the difference between suffix and suffice
is that suffix is to append (something) to the end of something else while suffice is to satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.As a noun suffix
is one or more letters or sounds added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.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)suffice
English
Verb
(suffic)- Two capsules of fish oil a day suffices .
- To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice ?
- A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.
- Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges.