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The derivational suffix tells you what kind of word it is: eg noun or adjective. For example -or (actor) indicates a noun.

The inflectional suffix tells you something about the words grammatical behaviour. For example -s indicates that a noun is plural.

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They are important because they add meanings to thousands of words.

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THeir similarity is they are both affixes.

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A prefix is something added before the word to change its meaning, like redo. Re is the prefix. A suffix is added after the word to change its meaning, like doing. Ing is the suffix.

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to state how to do something

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