Derivation vs. Affixation

Published: 8 May, 2022

Derivationnoun

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

Affixationnoun

The adding of an affix to a word.

Derivationnoun

The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.

Affixationnoun

the result of adding an affix to a root word

Derivationnoun

The act of tracing origin or descent.

‘the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root’;

Affixationnoun

formation of a word by means of an affix

Derivationnoun

(grammar) Forming a new word by changing the base of another word or by adding affixes to it.

Affixationnoun

the act of attaching or affixing something

Derivationnoun

The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

Derivationnoun

That from which a thing is derived.

Derivationnoun

That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.

Derivationnoun

(mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to a fixed definition, referred to as derivation or differentiation; this is the inverse operation to integration.

Derivationnoun

(medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Derivationnoun

A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.

Derivationnoun

The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.

‘As touching traditional communication, . . . I do not doubt but many of those truths have had the help of that derivation.’;

Derivationnoun

The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.

Derivationnoun

The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.

Derivationnoun

That from which a thing is derived.

Derivationnoun

That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.

‘From the Euphrates into an artificial derivation of that river.’;

Derivationnoun

The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the operation of differentiation or of integration.

Derivationnoun

A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

Derivationnoun

The formation of a word from its more original or radical elements; also, a statement of the origin and history of a word.

Derivationnoun

the source from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues);

‘he prefers shoes of Italian derivation’;

Derivationnoun

(historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

Derivationnoun

a line of reasoning that shows how a conclusion follows logically from accepted propositions

Derivationnoun