- verb to noun: -ant
[[X]V ant]N
assist → assistant consult → consultant defend → defendant
- noun to verb: -ify
[[X]Y ify]V Y= N,A
terror → terrify horror → horrify solid → solidify
- output words in (1) as the inputs in (2)
assistant → assistantify consultant → consultantify defendant → defendantify
These resulting words are not well formed and are not already-existing words. These words do not make sense because the output words already have the ending affix -ant. When you combine the affix -ant with another affix -ify, you get a word that does not already exist and does not sound right. In this process, the only way you can successfully change words from different categories is by starting out with a regular word that has no affixes added on to it. If you start out by using a word that already has an added affix, you get a result of a non-existing word.


