flexion vs inflection what difference
what is difference between flexion and inflection
English
Etymology
From Latin flexiō.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈflɛk.ʃən/
Noun
flexion (countable and uncountable, plural flexions)
- The act of bending a joint, especially a bone joint; the counteraction of extension.
- The state of being bent or flexed.
- Deviation from straightness.
- (grammar, dated) The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.
Related terms
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin flexiō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɛk.sjɔ̃/
Noun
flexion f (plural flexions)
- (grammar) inflection
Further reading
- “flexion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
- For inflection templates, see Wiktionary:Inflection templates.
English
Alternative forms
- inflexion
Etymology
From the English inflexion, from Middle French inflexion, from Latin inflexio, inflexionis (“a bending away from”); the spelling inflection is due to influence from correction.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈflɛkʃən/
- Rhymes: -ɛkʃən
- Hyphenation: in‧flec‧tion
Noun
inflection (countable and uncountable, plural inflections)
- (grammar) A change in the form of a word to express different grammatical categories.
- A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- (mathematics) A change in curvature from concave to convex or from convex to concave.
- A turning away from a straight course.
- (optometry) diffraction
Synonyms
- flection, flexion
Hyponyms
- (grammar): conjugation
- (grammar): comparison
- (grammar): declension, declination
Related terms
- inflect
- inflected
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