Difference between Antepenultimate and Antepenult

What is the difference between Antepenultimate and Antepenult?

Antepenultimate as a noun is two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate) while Antepenult as a noun is the third-to-last syllable of a word.

Antepenultimate

Part of speech: noun

Definition: Two before the last in a series. e.g. (..., antepenultimate, penultimate, ultimate) The syllable that comes two before the last in a word.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Two before the last in a series.

Antepenult

Part of speech: noun

Definition: The third-to-last syllable of a word.

We hope you now know whether to use Antepenultimate or Antepenult in your sentence.

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