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allomorph vs morpheme

morpheme vs allomorph

allomorph and morpheme both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
allomorph Yes No No No
morpheme Yes No No No
As nouns, morpheme is a hypernym of allomorph; that is, morpheme is a word with a broader meaning than allomorph:
  • allomorph: a variant phonological representation of a morpheme
  • morpheme: minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
allomorph (noun) morpheme (noun)
a variant phonological representation of a morpheme minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound
Difference between allomorph and morpheme

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