WordCmp.com

inflectional suffix vs ending

ending vs inflectional suffix

inflectional suffix and ending both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
inflectional suffix Yes No No No
ending Yes No No No
As nouns, ending is a hypernym of inflectional suffix; that is, ending is a word with a broader meaning than inflectional suffix:
  • inflectional suffix: an inflection that is added at the end of a root word
  • ending: the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
Other hypernyms of inflectional suffix include termination.
inflectional suffix (noun) ending (noun)
an inflection that is added at the end of a root word the act of ending something
the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)
the last section of a communication
event whose occurrence ends something
the point in time at which something ends
Difference between inflectional suffix and ending

© WordCmp.com 2024, CC-BY 4.0 / CC-BY-SA 3.0.