different between itacism vs etacism

English

Named after iotacism, shifting the pronunciation of the name of letter ? (eta) from /??ta/ to /ita/ in Greek.

itacism (countable and uncountable, plural itacisms)

Alternative form of iotacism
- Hodges and Farstad, Introduction to The Majority Text
  At [Revelation] 2:25 the family reading is ????? ?? ?????? [until I open], instead of ????? ?? ?? ??? [until I come]. Not only is ?????? unintelligible here, but it is a transparent itacism ?? for ?.

From eta, from Ancient Greek ??? (êta). Compare itacism.

etacism (usually uncountable, plural etacisms)

(grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word ate.

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