conjugation vs inflexion

inflexion vs conjugation

conjugation and inflexion both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
conjugation	Yes	No	No	No
inflexion	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, inflexion is a hypernym of conjugation; that is, inflexion is a word with a broader meaning than conjugation:

conjugation: the inflection of verbs
inflexion: a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function

Other hypernyms of conjugation include inflection.

conjugation (noun)	inflexion (noun)
the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes	a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
the act of making or becoming a single unit
a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
the complete set of inflected forms of a verb
the inflection of verbs
the state of being joined together

Difference between conjugation and inflexion

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