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Transplant vs Infix - What's the difference?

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In transitive terms the difference between transplant and infix

is that transplant is to remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate while infix is to instill.

transplant

English

Verb

(transplanting) (en verb)
  • To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
  • To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
  • (medicine) To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • An act of uprooting and moving (something).
  • Anything that is transplanted.
  • (medicine) An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
  • (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue.
  • (US) Someone who is not native to their area of residence.
  • * 2012 , Lauren Collins, The New Yorker , 29 Oct 2012:
  • The Seigneur summoned the island's doctor, a young transplant from London named Peter Counsell, who determined that Mrs. Beaumont had suffered a stroke.

    infix

    English

    (wikipedia infix)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.
  • to infix a sting, spear, or dart
    (Shakespeare)
  • * Dryden
  • The fatal dart a ready passage found, / And deep within her heart infixed the wound.
  • To instill.
  • (linguistics) To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.
  • Noun

    (es)
  • (linguistics) A morpheme inserted inside an existing word, such as in English.
  • Coordinate terms

    * (affixes)

    Derived terms

    * infixal * infixation

    See also

    * postfix * (wikipedia "infix")

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