different between interfixation vs prefixation

English

Etymology 1

Noun

interfixation (countable and uncountable, plural interfixations)

1. The act or process of interfixing.

Etymology 2

inter- +? fixation

Adjective

interfixation (not comparable)

1. Between fixations of the eyeballs.
   • 2012, Keith Rayner, Eye Movements in Reading: Perceptual and Language Processes

     Interfixation distance is the metric that is often used to measure how readers space their fixations.

English

Etymology 1

First attested in 1889; formed as prefix +? -ation.

Noun

prefixation (plural prefixations)

1. (linguistics) The adding of a prefix to a word.

   Antonym: suffixation

   Coordinate terms: affixation, infixation, interfixation, suffixation

Translations

Etymology 2

First attested in 1921; formed as pre- +? fixation.

Noun

prefixation (plural prefixations)

1. (anatomy, of a nerve) The state or condition of being prefixed.
2. (biology, cytology) Initial treatment of tissue with a fixative, as a preliminary to the application of another fixative or to the use of a different treatment.

Related terms

• prefixative

Translations

References

• “prefi?xation” in the Oxford English Dictionary, second edition, 1989 (lists both homographs in one entry)
• “prefixation, n.¹” in the Oxford English Dictionary, third edition, March 2007 (lists the linguistic term)
• “prefixation, n.²” in the Oxford English Dictionary third edition, March 2007 (lists the anatomical and biological term)