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exocentric compound vs compound word

compound word vs exocentric compound

exocentric compound and compound word both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
exocentric compound Yes No No No
compound word Yes No No No
As nouns, compound word is a hypernym of exocentric compound; that is, compound word is a word with a broader meaning than exocentric compound:
  • exocentric compound: a grammatical compound not having the same syntactic function in the sentence as any one of its immediate constituents.
  • compound word: a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.
Other hypernyms of exocentric compound include compound.
exocentric compound (noun) compound word (noun)
a grammatical compound not having the same syntactic function in the sentence as any one of its immediate constituents. a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.
Difference between exocentric compound and compound word

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