The difference between Anaptyxis and Svarabhakti
When used as nouns, anaptyxis means the epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel, whereas svarabhakti means epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant for.
check bellow for the other definitions of Anaptyxis and Svarabhakti
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Anaptyxis as a noun (phonetics):
The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel; svarabhakti: for example, the middle ‘' in , or use of infixes and in coining English words on classical roots.
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Svarabhakti as a noun (linguistics, phonology):
Epenthesis of a vowel, as in the football chant for ; anaptyxis.