The difference between Aphesis and Apocope
When used as nouns, aphesis means the loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word, whereas apocope means the loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
check bellow for the other definitions of Aphesis and Apocope
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Aphesis as a noun (linguistics, prosody):
The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word.
Examples:
"The word "scarp" is derived from "escarp" by aphesis."
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Apocope as a noun (phonetics, prosody, narrow sense):
The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it.
Examples:
"coordinate terms apheresis paragoge syncope"
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Apocope as a noun (loosely):
The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word.
Examples:
"ant procope"