different between anaptyxis vs excrescent

English

Learned borrowing from New Latin anaptyxis, from Ancient Greek ????????? (anáptuxis).

anaptyxis (countable and uncountable, plural anaptyxes)

(phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
Synonym: svarabhakti
Antonym: excrescence
Hypernym: epenthesis

From Latin excr?sc?ns, present participle of excr?sc?.

excrescent (plural excrescents)

A growing mutation, usually abnormal.
(phonetics) A sound in a word without etymological reason.
"B" in "nimble" is an excrescent.

excrescent (comparative more excrescent, superlative most excrescent)

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