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Suppletive vs Nonsuppletive - What's the difference?

suppletive | nonsuppletive |

As adjectives the difference between suppletive and nonsuppletive

is that suppletive is while nonsuppletive is not suppletive.

suppletive

English

(suppletion)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (grammar) Inflected by substituting an unrelated form (for example, in English, the adjectival forms good'', ''better,'' ''best ).
  • When "went" replaced "gang", "go" became suppletive .
  • Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; suppletory.
  • See also

    * suppletion *

    See also

    * syncretic ----

    nonsuppletive

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Not suppletive.