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inflexion vs declension

declension vs inflexion

inflexion and declension both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
inflexion Yes No No No
declension Yes No No No
As nouns, declension is a hyponym of inflexion; that is, declension 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
  • declension: the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
Other hyponyms of inflexion include conjugation, paradigm, pluralisation, pluralization.
inflexion (noun) declension (noun)
a change in the form of a word (usually by adding a suffix) to indicate a change in its grammatical function a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms
a downward slope or bend
process of changing to an inferior state
the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages
Difference between inflexion and declension

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