diaeresis

As nouns the difference between diaeresis and diuresis

is that diaeresis is (orthography) a diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the english words while diuresis is (medicine) excessive production of urine; polyuria.

As nouns the difference between diaereses and diaeresis

is that diaereses is while diaeresis is (orthography) a diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the english words.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and diaeresis

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while diaeresis is (orthography) a diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the english words.

Diaeresis is a hyponym of metaplasm.

As nouns the difference between diaeresis and metaplasm

is that diaeresis is (orthography) a diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the english words while metaplasm is (linguistics) any change in a word made by altering its letters or sounds.

As a noun diaeresis

is a diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the English words {{term||naïve}}, {{term||Noël}} and {{term||Brontë}}, the French {{term|haïr|lang=fr}} and the Dutch {{term|ruïne|lang=nl}}.

As an adjective aëtheogamous is

of the nature of an aëtheogam.

As nouns the difference between diaeresis and aetheogam

is that diaeresis is a diacritic ( ¨ ) placed over a vowel letter (especially the second of two consecutive ones) indicating that it is sounded separately, usually forming a distinct syllable, as in the English words {{term||naïve}}, {{term||Noël}} and {{term||Brontë}}, the French {{term|haïr|lang=fr}} and the Dutch {{term|ruïne|lang=nl}} while aetheogam is a cryptogam; a plant of the obsolete taxonomic class Cryptogamia, having neither stamina nor pistils, and therefore no proper flowers, such as an alga, fern, fungus, lichen or moss.