Synthetic vs. Polysynthetic — What's the Difference?

(of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product

Of or relating to a language such as Inuktitut or Mohawk, characterized by long, morphologically complex words with a large number of affixes that express syntactic relationships and meanings usually expressed as phrases or sentences in other languages.

(of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience.

Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.

(of a language) characterized by the use of inflections rather than word order to express grammatical structure.

(mineralogy) Having layers of twin crystals

A synthetic material or chemical, especially a textile fibre.

Characterized by polysynthesis; agglutinative.

Relating to, involving, or of the nature of synthesis.

Forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning

(Chemistry) Produced by synthesis, especially not of natural origin.

Prepared or made artificially

Not natural or genuine; artificial or contrived

(Linguistics) Relating to or being a language, such as Latin or Russian, that uses inflectional affixes to express syntactic relationships.

Logic & Philosophy Relating to or being a proposition that attributes to a subject a predicate not inherent in the subject, not following necessarily from logically true statements.

Of or relating to a financial instrument or investment that consists entirely of derivatives, especially swap contracts.

A synthetic chemical compound or material.

Of, or relating to synthesis.

(chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).

(medicine) Produced by synthesis, thought to have the same effect as its natural counterpart, but chemically different from it.

Artificial, not genuine.

(grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).

(linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships (compare analytic).

A synthetic compound.

Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical.

Artificial. Cf. Synthesis, 2.

Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; - said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive, 3.

A compound made artificially by chemical reactions

Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially;

Involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis;

Systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words

Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts;

Artificial as if portrayed in a film;

Not genuine or natural;