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OP The suffix in today's Word caught my eye: [From French cinéaste, from ciné- (cinema) + -aste (as in enthousiaste: enthusiast).]
Here, it appears that -aste or -ast functions the same as -ist, in some different words. Is there a rule for when one or the other is used?
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