The difference between Foresyllable and Suffix

When used as nouns, foresyllable means a syllable (or syllables) at the beginning of a word, 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 Foresyllable and Suffix

  1. Foresyllable as a noun (rare):

    A syllable (or syllables) at the beginning of a word.

  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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