The difference between Closed compound and Compound word
When used as nouns, closed compound means a compound word without spaces in it. some examples: dishcloth, keyboard, pancake, altogether, accuse, waterproof, whereas compound word means a word composed of two or more stems. examples include , and – in english, it may or may not have a space or hyphen.
check bellow for the other definitions of Closed compound and Compound word
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Closed compound as a noun (grammar):
A compound word without spaces in it. Some examples: dishcloth, keyboard, pancake, altogether, accuse, waterproof.
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Compound word as a noun (linguistics):
A word composed of two or more stems. Examples include , and – in English, it may or may not have a space or hyphen.