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	A common issue that arises is which versions of a word are addable to the dictionary, and by extension, the Word compendium. At the heart of this is the distinction of ''inflection'' versus ''derivation''. This article covers how to understand the difference between the two, as well as the edge cases where inflections act as derivations, or vice versa.		A common issue that arises is which versions of a word are addable to the dictionary, and by extension, the Word compendium. At the heart of this is the distinction of ''inflection'' versus ''derivation''. This article covers how to understand the difference between the two, as well as the edge cases where inflections act as derivations, or vice versa.

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	A common issue that arises is which versions of a word are addable to the dictionary, and by extension, the Word compendium. At the heart of this is the distinction of ''inflection'' versus ''derivation''. This article covers how to understand the difference between the two, as well as the edge cases where inflections act as derivations, or vice versa.		A common issue that arises is which versions of a word are addable to the dictionary, and by extension, the Word compendium. At the heart of this is the distinction of ''inflection'' versus ''derivation''. This article covers how to understand the difference between the two, as well as the edge cases where inflections act as derivations, or vice versa.

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	A common issue that arises is which versions of a word are addable to the dictionary, and by extension, the Word compendium. At the heart of this is the distinction of ''inflection'' versus ''derivation''. This article covers how to understand the difference between the two, as well as the edge cases where inflections act as derivations, or vice versa.		A common issue that arises is which versions of a word are addable to the dictionary, and by extension, the Word compendium. At the heart of this is the distinction of ''inflection'' versus ''derivation''. This article covers how to understand the difference between the two, as well as the edge cases where inflections act as derivations, or vice versa.

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	* [[Word compendium/MISC/-phobia\|-phobia]], which allows [[Word compendium/MISC/-phobe\|-phobe]] and [[Word compendium/MISC/-phobic\|-phobic]]		* [[Word compendium/MISC/-phobia\|-phobia]], which allows [[Word compendium/MISC/-phobe\|-phobe]] and [[Word compendium/MISC/-phobic\|-phobic]]
	* [[Word compendium/MISC/-philia\|-philia]], which allows [[Word compendium/MISC/-phile\|-phile]] and [[Word compendium/MISC/-philic\|-philic]]		* [[Word compendium/MISC/-philia\|-philia]], which allows [[Word compendium/MISC/-phile\|-phile]] and [[Word compendium/MISC/-philic\|-philic]]
	* [[Word compendium/MISC/-ism\|-ism]] that fall into [[Word compendium/Glossary#Ideologies,_religions,_and_cults\|IRC]], which allows [[Word compendium/MISC/-ist\|-ist]]		* [[Word compendium/MISC/-ism\|-ism]] that fall into [[Word compendium/Appendix/Glossary#Ideologies,_religions,_and_cults\|IRC]], which allows [[Word compendium/MISC/-ist\|-ist]]

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A common issue that arises is which versions of a word are addable to the dictionary, and by extension, the Word compendium. At the heart of this is the distinction of ''inflection'' versus ''derivation''. This article covers how to understand the difference between the two, as well as the edge cases where inflections act as derivations, or vice versa.

== Distinctions ==
''Inflections'' are non-dictionary forms of words (i.e. only the uninflected form would be shown in a typical dictionary). Examples of inflection include:

* Tense marking on verbs (where the unmarked form is called the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinitive infinitive]), e.g. "walked" is an inflection, but "walk" is not.
* Plurals on nouns, e.g. "dogs" is an inflection, but "dog" is not.
* Comparative and superlative forms on adjectives, e.g. cooler / coolest

''Derivations'' are new words created via affixes. Examples of this include:

* Adverbs made from adjectives; {{wc|geological}} <nowiki>--></nowiki> {{wc|geologically}}
* Agent nouns made from verbs or other nouns (see [[Word compendium/MISC/-er|-er]] and [[Word compendium/MISC/-ist|-ist]]); {{wc|geology}} <nowiki>--></nowiki> {{wc|geologist}}; {{wc|report}} <nowiki>--></nowiki> {{wc|reporter}}

However, sometimes the line between inflections and derivations can be blurry. For example, while [[Word compendium/MISC/-ed|-ed]] usually functions as an inflectional suffix for the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_tense past tense], it also marks the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Past_participle past participle], which functions as an {{wc|adjectivize|adjectivizing}} suffix. Somewhat similarly, certain derivations will be treated as inflections and automatically added alongside their "base" form in order to maintain consistency. Provided below are the "base" forms and which derivations they automatically allow:

* [[Word compendium/MISC/-logy|-logy]], which allows [[Word compendium/MISC/-logist|-logist]]
* [[Word compendium/MISC/-graphy|-graphy]], which allows [[Word compendium/MISC/-grapher|-grapher]]
* [[Word compendium/MISC/-phobia|-phobia]], which allows [[Word compendium/MISC/-phobe|-phobe]] and [[Word compendium/MISC/-phobic|-phobic]]
* [[Word compendium/MISC/-philia|-philia]], which allows [[Word compendium/MISC/-phile|-phile]] and [[Word compendium/MISC/-philic|-philic]]
* [[Word compendium/MISC/-ism|-ism]] that fall into [[Word compendium/Glossary#Ideologies,_religions,_and_cults|IRC]], which allows [[Word compendium/MISC/-ist|-ist]]