different between inflect vs heteroclite

English

Etymology

From Latin ?nflect?, from in- (“in”) + flect? (“I bend”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?fl?kt/
• Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

inflect (third-person singular simple present inflects, present participle inflecting, simple past and past participle inflected)

1. (transitive) To cause to curve inwards.
2. (transitive, music) To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.

3. (transitive, grammar) To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.
4. (transitive, grammar, of a word) To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

5. (transitive) To influence in style.

Synonyms

• (to bend or curve inwards): inbend

Derived terms

• inflection
• inflective
• inflexion

Translations

See also

• conjugate
• decline
• deflect

English

Etymology

From Late Latin heteroclitus, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (heteróklitos), from ?????? (héteros, “other, another, different”) + ????? (klín?, “lean, incline”), the latter from Proto-Indo-European *?ley-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?h?t????kla?t/

Adjective

heteroclite (comparative more heteroclite, superlative most heteroclite)

1. Deviating from the ordinary rule; eccentric, abnormal.
2. (grammar) Being irregularly declined or inflected.

Related terms

• heteroclitic

See also

• eclectic

Noun

heteroclite (plural heteroclites)

1. A person who is unconventional; a maverick
2. (grammar) An irregularly declined or inflected word
3. (linguistics) A word whose etymological roots come from distinct, different languages or language groups.

Synonyms

• (unconventional person): free spirit, individualist, nonconformist; see also Thesaurus:maverick

Related terms

• heteroclitic

Translations

Anagrams

• heterotelic

Latin

Adjective

heteroclite

1. vocative masculine singular of heteroclitus