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morpheme vs linguistic unit

linguistic unit vs morpheme

morpheme and linguistic unit both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
morpheme Yes No No No
linguistic unit Yes No No No
As nouns, linguistic unit is a hypernym of morpheme; that is, linguistic unit is a word with a broader meaning than morpheme:
  • morpheme: minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
  • linguistic unit: one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
Other hypernyms of morpheme include language unit.
morpheme (noun) linguistic unit (noun)
minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
Difference between morpheme and linguistic unit

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