What's the difference between infix and tmesis?

Infix


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in; as, to infix a sting, spear, or dart.
  • (v. t.) To implant or fix; to instill; to inculcate, as principles, thoughts, or instructions; as, to infix good principles in the mind, or ideas in the memory.
  • (n.) Something infixed.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Either surface electrodes were attached to the scalp, or needle electrodes were infixed in the subcutaneous tissue.
  • (2) Swearing in Russian is a linguistically productive exercise; by applying prefixes, infixes, suffixes and different combinations of the four words, khuy, pizda, blyad and yebat can be used to express pretty much anything, and in a surprisingly eloquent manner .

Tmesis


Definition:

  • (n.) The separation of the parts of a compound word by the intervention of one or more words; as, in what place soever, for whatsoever place.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A case of traumatic hemisomato-tmesis is presented.

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