What's the difference between iotacism and rhotacism?

Iotacism


Definition:

  • (n.) The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also, confusion from sounding /, /, /, /, //, etc., like /.

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Rhotacism


Definition:

  • (n.) An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were.

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  • (1) The three perceptual dimensions corresponded to tongue advancement, vowel height, and rhotacization.

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