linguistic process vs infection

infection vs linguistic process

linguistic process and infection both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
linguistic process	Yes	No	No	No
infection	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, infection is a hyponym of linguistic process; that is, infection is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than linguistic process:

linguistic process: a process involved in human language
infection: (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound

Other hyponyms of linguistic process include agglutination, assimilation, derivation, dissimilation, drift, fusion, lexicalisation, lexicalization, metathesis, deletion, omission, synaeresis, syneresis, consonant mutation, cohesion.

linguistic process (noun)	infection (noun)
the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication	moral corruption or contamination
a process involved in human language	(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
	the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
	an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
	(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
	(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
	the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

Difference between linguistic process and infection

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