different between anthimeria vs verbify

English

Alternative forms

• antimeria

Etymology

Based on Ancient Greek ???? (antí, “opposite”) + ????? (méros, “part”) with non-etymological ?h?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æn???m???i?/

Noun

anthimeria (usually uncountable, plural anthimerias)

1. (rhetoric) The use of a word from one word class or part of speech as if it were from another, in English typically the use of a noun as if it were a verb.

See also

• conversion, zero derivation (linguistics)

Translations

Further reading

• anthimeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Corbett, Edward P. J., Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student. Oxford University Press, New York, 1971

English

Etymology

verb +? -ify

Pronunciation

Verb

verbify (third-person singular simple present verbifies, present participle verbifying, simple past and past participle verbified)

1. (transitive, nonstandard) To use a noun as a verb via anthimeria.
2. (transitive, nonstandard, slang) To derive a verb from a pre-existing noun.

Synonyms

• verbalize, verbalise

Derived terms

• verbification
• verbifier