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-onym and Opposite (semantics)

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Difference between -onym and Opposite (semantics)

-onym vs. Opposite (semantics)

The suffix -onym, in English and other languages, means "word, name", and words ending in -onym refer to a specified kind of name or word, most of which are classical compounds. In lexical semantics, opposites are words lying in an inherently incompatible binary relationship, like the opposite pairs big: small, long: short, and precede: follow.

Similarities between -onym and Opposite (semantics)

-onym and Opposite (semantics) have 3 things in common (in Unionpedia): -onym, Antithesis, Auto-antonym.

-onym

The suffix -onym, in English and other languages, means "word, name", and words ending in -onym refer to a specified kind of name or word, most of which are classical compounds.

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Antithesis

Antithesis (Greek for "setting opposite", from ἀντί "against" and θέσις "placing") is used in writing or speech either as a proposition that contrasts with or reverses some previously mentioned proposition, or when two opposites are introduced together for contrasting effect.

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Auto-antonym

An auto-antonym or autantonym, also called a contronym or contranym, is a word with multiple meanings (senses) of which one is the reverse of another.

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-onym and Opposite (semantics) Comparison

-onym has 112 relations, while Opposite (semantics) has 22. As they have in common 3, the Jaccard index is 2.24% = 3 / (112 + 22).

References

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