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inflexion vs conjugation

conjugation vs inflexion

inflexion and conjugation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
inflexion Yes No No No
conjugation Yes No No No
As nouns, conjugation is a hyponym of inflexion; that is, conjugation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than inflexion:
  • inflexion: a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function
  • conjugation: the inflection of verbs
Other hyponyms of inflexion include declension, paradigm, pluralisation, pluralization.
inflexion (noun) conjugation (noun)
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
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 inflexion and conjugation

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