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Derivation means word-formation by affixation.
... has two major types: class-changing and class-maintaining.
... uses both prefixes and suffixes in English, but typically only suffixes in Hungarian.
Inflection means the production of word forms used in different syntactic contexts.
... only uses suffixes and no prefixes in English.
... has two major subtypes in Hungarian but not in English.
Compounding means the combination of two or more roots to form new words.
... combines morphemes in such a way that typically the first element is the strongest
phonologically.
... has no strict spelling rules in English: the elements may be written as one word, with a
hyphen, or as separate words.