The difference between Anaptyxis and Tmesis

When used as nouns, anaptyxis means the epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel, whereas tmesis means the insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.


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  1. 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.

  1. Tmesis as a noun (prosody):

    The insertion of one or more words between the components of a compound word.