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bound morpheme vs morpheme

morpheme vs bound morpheme

bound morpheme and morpheme both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bound morpheme Yes No No No
morpheme Yes No No No
As nouns, morpheme is a hypernym of bound morpheme; that is, morpheme is a word with a broader meaning than bound morpheme:
  • bound morpheme: a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns
  • morpheme: minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
bound morpheme (noun) morpheme (noun)
a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
Difference between bound morpheme and morpheme

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