different between insertion vs substitution

English

Etymology

insert +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?s???n/

Noun

insertion (countable and uncountable, plural insertions)

1. The act of inserting, or something inserted.
2. (anatomy) The distal end of attachment of a muscle to a bone that will be moved by the muscle.
3. (genetics) The addition of a nucleotide to a chromosome by mutation.

Antonyms

• (act of inserting): deletion
• (anatomy): origin
• (genetics): deletion

Derived terms

• leaf insertion

Related terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin ?nserti?.

Pronunciation

Noun

insertion f (plural insertions)

1. insertion

Related terms

• insérer

Further reading

• “insertion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Middle French substitution, from Late Latin substitutio.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?bst??tu??n/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?bst??tju???n/

Noun

substitution (countable and uncountable, plural substitutions)

1. The act of substituting or the state of being substituted.
2. A substitute or replacement.
3. (chemistry, especially organic chemistry) The replacement of an atom, or group of atoms, in a compound, with another.
4. (linguistics) The expansion of the lexicon of a language by native means in correspondence to a foreign term.

   Hypernym: loan

   Hyponyms: loan coinage, loan meaning

   Coordinate term: importation

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• bustitutions

French

Etymology

From Latin substit?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syp.sti.ty.sj??/

Noun

substitution f (plural substitutions)

1. substitution

Related terms

• substituer

Further reading

• “substitution” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).