clitic

As nouns the difference between clitic and particle

is that clitic is (linguistics) a morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word) while particle is a very small piece of matter, a fragment; especially, the smallest possible part of something.

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has no English definition.

As a noun clitic

is a morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).

As nouns the difference between clitic and clinic

is that clitic is (linguistics) a morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word) while clinic is a medical facility, such as a hospital, especially one for the treatment and diagnosis of outpatients.

As nouns the difference between critic and clitic

is that critic is critic while clitic is (linguistics) a morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).

As an adjective critic

is critical.

As a noun clitic

is (linguistics) a morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).

As an adjective colitic is

belonging to or affected by colitis.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and clitic

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while clitic is (linguistics) a morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).

Mesoclitic is a hyponym of clitic.

As nouns the difference between clitic and mesoclitic

is that clitic is a morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word) while mesoclitic is a clitic inserted inside a word (such as between a stem and a suffix).

As nouns the difference between clitic and mesoclisis

is that clitic is (linguistics) a morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word) while mesoclisis is the insertion of a clitic inside a word (such as between a stem and a suffix).