Compound (linguistics) and Portmanteau

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Difference between Compound (linguistics) and Portmanteau

Compound (linguistics) vs. Portmanteau

In linguistics, a compound is a lexeme (less precisely, a word) that consists of more than one stem. A portmanteau or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend of words,, p. 644 in which parts of multiple words or their phones (sounds) are combined into a new word, as in smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, or motel, from motor and hotel.

Similarities between Compound (linguistics) and Portmanteau

Compound (linguistics) and Portmanteau have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): Abbreviation, Acronym, Linguistics, Neologism, Sandhi, Sanskrit, Spanish language, Word stem.

Abbreviation

An abbreviation (from Latin brevis, meaning short) is a shortened form of a word or phrase.

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Acronym

An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a word, usually individual letters (as in NATO or laser) and sometimes syllables (as in Benelux).

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Linguistics

Linguistics is the scientific study of language, and involves an analysis of language form, language meaning, and language in context.

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Neologism

A neologism (from Greek νέο- néo-, "new" and λόγος lógos, "speech, utterance") is a relatively recent or isolated term, word, or phrase that may be in the process of entering common use, but that has not yet been fully accepted into mainstream language.

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Sandhi

SandhiThe pronunciation of the word "sandhi" is rather diverse among English speakers.

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Sanskrit

Sanskrit is the primary liturgical language of Hinduism; a philosophical language of Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism and Jainism; and a former literary language and lingua franca for the educated of ancient and medieval India.

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Spanish language

Spanish or Castilian, is a Western Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in Latin America and Spain.

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Word stem

In linguistics, a stem is a part of a word.

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The list above answers the following questions

What Compound (linguistics) and Portmanteau have in common
What are the similarities between Compound (linguistics) and Portmanteau

Compound (linguistics) and Portmanteau Comparison

Compound (linguistics) has 138 relations, while Portmanteau has 207. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 2.32% = 8 / (138 + 207).

References

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