apocope

As a verb apocope

is .

As a noun abbreviation is

the result of shortening or reducing; abridgment .

As verbs the difference between apocope and clipping

is that apocope is while clipping is .

As a noun clipping is

(countable) a piece of something removed by clipping.

As a noun taxonomy

is the science or the technique used to make a classification.

As a verb apocope is

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Apocope is a hyponym of metaplasm.

As a verb apocope

is .

As a noun metaplasm is

(linguistics) any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.

Prosiopesis is a coordinate term of apocope.

As nouns the difference between apocope and prosiopesis

is that apocope is the loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word while prosiopesis is ellipsis of the beginning of a grammatical construction, common in informal speech and spontaneous written electronic communication, frequently occurring in stock phrases and interjections.