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grafting vs affixation

affixation vs grafting

grafting and affixation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
grafting Yes No No No
affixation Yes No No No
As nouns, affixation is a hypernym of grafting; that is, affixation is a word with a broader meaning than grafting:
  • grafting: the act of grafting something onto something else
  • affixation: the act of attaching or affixing something
Other hypernyms of grafting include attachment.
grafting (noun) affixation (noun)
the act of grafting something onto something else formation of a word by means of an affix
the act of attaching or affixing something
the result of adding an affix to a root word
Difference between grafting and affixation

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