The primary difference between a word and a morpheme is that a word is freestanding, where a morpheme may or may not be. For example, the morpheme "star" can stand by itself, but the morpheme "-s" cannot.
"Morph" is just a shortened form of "morpheme"
Morpheme is a noun. The word "write" is an example of a morpheme. A single morpheme word is sometimes called a root or base word.
Well, honey, a morpheme is the smallest unit of meaning in a language, like "un-" or "happy," while a syllable is a unit of sound with a vowel sound at its center, like "hap-py." So basically, a morpheme is all about meaning, and a syllable is all about sound. Got it, sugar?
The free morpheme in the word disgraceful is the word grace. A morpheme is the smallest form of a word in grammar.
Morphemes are not similar to sentences, except that they share the notion that each can stand alone. From Wikipedia: "A morpheme is not identical to a word, and the principal difference between the two is that a morpheme may or may not stand alone, whereas a word, by definition, is a freestanding unit of meaning. Every word comprises one or more morphemes."
Phoneme is a basic sound unit that distinguishes meaning within a language, while allomorph is a variation of a morpheme that occurs in different contexts. Phonemes affect meaning at the word level, while allomorphs affect meaning at the morpheme level.
There are three morphemes in the word "newcomers": "new" (root morpheme), "come" (root morpheme), and "-er" (derivational morpheme).
A morpheme is a word or a word element that cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts. In the word "singing," sing is a morpheme and ing is a morpheme. In the word "friendliest," friend is a morpheme, ly is a morpheme, and est is a morepheme.
It's a word that can stand on its own, but is being used as the base for some word you're considering. The base morpheme of "easier" is "easy". "Easy" is a free morpheme because it can stand on its own as a word. "-er" isn't a free morpheme because it doesn't mean anything unless you attach it to a word.
Free morphemes can stand alone as words, while bound morphemes need to be attached to another morpheme to form a word. Free morphemes have meaning on their own, while bound morphemes only have meaning when attached to other morphemes.
A bound morpheme is a morpheme that cannot stand alone as a word, but must be attached to a free morpheme to form a complete word. Examples include prefixes and suffixes, such as "-er" in "teacher" or "un-" in "unhappy."
The morpheme in "immortality" is "im," which is a prefix meaning "not" or "without."