The difference between Ending and Suffix

When used as nouns, ending means a termination or conclusion, whereas suffix means a morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.


Suffix is also verb with the meaning: to append (something) to the end of something else.

check bellow for the other definitions of Ending and Suffix

  1. Ending as a verb:

  1. Ending as a noun:

    A termination or conclusion.

  2. Ending as a noun:

    The last part of something.

  3. Ending as a noun (grammar):

    The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").

  1. Suffix as a noun (grammar, linguistic morphology):

    A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.

    Examples:

    "The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable"."

  2. Suffix as a noun (mathematics):

    A subscript.

  3. Suffix as a noun (computing):

    A final segment of a string of characters.

    Examples:

    "The string "<tt>''abra''</tt>" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "<tt>''abracadabra''</tt>"."

  1. Suffix as a verb (transitive):

    To append (something) to the end of something else.

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