Compound words

[dorax]

I would like to teach briefly the theory of compound words and some specific compound words related to technology and social media. Are the following compound words? 'tech-free', 'user friendly', 'pop-up', 'downloadable', 'firewall', 'live stream', touch-sensitive', 'multitasking'

 

[5jj]

I would say they are.

 

[dorax]

I would say they are.

And I thought so too until I encountered the difference between compound and blended words and decided to ask. In this case, tech-free and downloadable are considered blended words, I think, but can I teach the examples above as compound words without getting into such detailed distinctions, or is it better to find two other words to replace them?

 

[emsr2d2]

A compound word takes two individual words and puts them together (without removing any letters) to create a new word.
A blended word takes part of two individual words and blends them to make a new word.

 

[jutfrank]

In this case, tech-free and downloadable are considered blended words

While 'tech-free' is a compound (you can see this clearly by the fact there's a hyphen), 'downloadable' isn't.

 

[dorax]

Happy New Year to you all.
Are 'adblocker,' 'notification alert,' and 'profile settings' compound words?

 

[emsr2d2]

Happy New Year to you all.
Are 'adblocker,' 'notification alert,' and 'profile settings' compound words?

The first is, yes. The other two are not. A compound word take two words and puts them together to create something that has a completely different meaning.

"Notification alert" simply means "an alert of a notification".
"Profile settings" are just the settings that relate to your profile.

There's no hidden meaning in either.

 

[dorax]

The other two are not. A compound word take two words and puts them together to create something that has a completely different meaning.

"Notification alert" simply means "an alert of a notification".
"Profile settings" are just the settings that relate to your profile.

There's no hidden meaning in either.

But 'news feed' is a compound word, right?

 

[Rover_KE]

No - that's two words.

 

[emsr2d2]

No - that's two words.

I discovered earlier, to my surprise, that a compound word can consist of two words. One of the first examples on the site I looked at (sorry, I can't remember where it was) was "living room".