May 02, 2017, 20:30
KallehMorph
What is your definition of
morph? Can a baby
morph into a toddler?
Without looking it up, I think
morph has two origins, but you're speaking of the one meaning, "form." I see nothing wrong wish using the term as you have done. As for the other origin, babies and toddlers are at their best when Morpheus visits them!

May 03, 2017, 05:37
BobHaleMaybe, though I wouldn't use it that way. I think of Morph being a rather faster process.
I'd say Kalleh's example works OK if the child is not yours and you haven't seen them for a while.
"My, how you've grown! Last time I saw you you were just a baby!" (To parents) "They grow up so fast!"
I don't think anyone would talk of a baby morphing into a toddler in front of their eyes.
May 03, 2017, 20:52
Kallehquote:
I see nothing wrong wish using the term as you have done.
For the record, someone else used that term (about my sweet grandchild), and I thought it was wrong - or, at least, like Bob, I'd not use it that way. I thought the definition was more like
this.More like metamorphosis? Still, "morph" is contained therein.
May 07, 2017, 20:03
KallehIt just sounded odd to me. Babies don't go through metamorphosis when they grow.