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sesquipedalia vs polysyllable

polysyllable vs sesquipedalia

sesquipedalia and polysyllable both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sesquipedalia Yes No No No
polysyllable Yes No No No
As nouns, polysyllable is a hypernym of sesquipedalia; that is, polysyllable is a word with a broader meaning than sesquipedalia:
  • sesquipedalia: a very long word (a foot and a half long)
  • polysyllable: a word of more than three syllables
Other hypernyms of sesquipedalia include polysyllabic word.
sesquipedalia (noun) polysyllable (noun)
a very long word (a foot and a half long) a word of more than three syllables
Difference between sesquipedalia and polysyllable

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