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Affix vs. Suffix

Affix and Suffix Definitions

Affix

To secure to something; attach
Affix a label to a package.

Suffix

An affix added to the end of a word or stem, serving to form a new word or functioning as an inflectional ending, such as -ness in gentleness, -ing in walking, or -s in sits.

Affix

To impute; attribute
Affix blame to him.

Suffix

To add as a suffix.

Affix

To place at the end; append
Affix a postscript to a letter.

Suffix

A morpheme added at the end of a word to modify the word's meaning.
The suffix "-able" changes "sing" into "singable".
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Affix

(Linguistics) To add as an affix.

Suffix

(mathematics) A subscript.

Affix

Something that is attached, joined, or added; an appendage or addition.

Suffix

(computing) A final segment of a string of characters.
The string "abra" is both a prefix and a suffix of the string "abracadabra".

Affix

(Linguistics) A word element, such as a prefix or suffix, that can only occur attached to a base, stem, or root.

Suffix

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

That which is affixed; an appendage.

Suffix

A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to the end of a word or a root to modify the meaning; a postfix.

Affix

(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end.

Suffix

To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word; to append.

Affix

A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc.

Suffix

An affix that is added at the end of the word
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Affix

(mathematics) The complex number a+bi associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates (a,b).

Suffix

Attach a suffix to;
Suffix words

Affix

(decorative art) Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature.

Affix

(transitive) To attach.
To affix a stigma to a person
To affix ridicule or blame to somebody

Affix

(transitive) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
To affix a syllable to a word
To affix a seal to an instrument
To affix one's name to a writing

Affix

(transitive) To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
Eyes affixed upon the ground

Affix

To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.

Affix

To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically.
Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food.

Affix

To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one.

Affix

To fix or fasten figuratively; - with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground.

Affix

That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

Affix

A linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form

Affix

Attach to;
Affix the seal here

Affix

Add to the very end;
He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language

Affix

Attach or become attached to a stem word;
Grammatical morphemes afix to the stem

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