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Expression vs Univerbation - What's the difference?

expression | univerbation |

As nouns the difference between expression and univerbation

is that expression is a particular way of phrasing an idea while univerbation is (linguistics) the diachronic process of forming a new single word from a fixed expression of several words.

expression

English

(wikipedia expression)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A particular way of phrasing an idea.
  • A colloquialism or idiom.
  • A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=9 citation , passage=Eustace gaped at him in amazement. When his urbanity dropped away from him, as now, he had an innocence of expression which was almost infantile. It was as if the world had never touched him at all.}}
  • (mathematics) An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols.
  • (biology) The process of translating a gene into a protein.
  • (programming) A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value.
  • Of a mother, the process of expressing milk.

    • Derived terms

    * arithmetic expression * linguistic expression * logical expression * regular expression * expression pedal

    Related terms

    * express * expressive * expressionless * expressionism * expressible

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    univerbation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia univerbation)
  • (linguistics) The diachronic process of forming a new single word from a fixed expression of several words.
  • * 2004 , Walter Bisang, Nikolaus Himmelmann, Björn Wiemer, What makes grammaticalization?
    • Standard examples of univerbation are cupboard'', ''brainstorming'', or ''necklace .
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