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omission vs elision

elision vs omission

omission and elision both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
omission Yes No No No
elision Yes No No No
As nouns, elision is a hyponym of omission; that is, elision is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than omission:
  • omission: neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something
  • elision: a deliberate act of omission
Other hyponyms of omission include inadvertence, oversight, pretermission, exception, exclusion.
As nouns, elision is a hyponym of omission; that is, elision is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than omission:
  • omission: any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
  • elision: omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
Other hyponyms of omission include aphaeresis, apheresis, aphesis, eclipsis, ellipsis.
omission (noun) elision (noun)
a mistake resulting from neglect a deliberate act of omission
neglecting to do something; leaving out or passing over something omission of a sound between two words (usually a vowel and the end of one word or the beginning of the next)
any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
something that has been omitted
Difference between omission and elision

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