Homonym and Synonym

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Difference between Homonym and Synonym

Homonym vs. Synonym

In linguistics, homonyms, broadly defined, are words which sound alike or are spelled alike, but have different meanings. A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language.

Similarities between Homonym and Synonym

Homonym and Synonym have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): Etymology, Homograph, Homonym, Homophone, Polysemy.

Etymology

EtymologyThe New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".

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Homograph

A homograph (from the ὁμός, homós, "same" and γράφω, gráphō, "write") is a word that shares the same written form as another word but has a different meaning.

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Homonym

In linguistics, homonyms, broadly defined, are words which sound alike or are spelled alike, but have different meanings.

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Homophone

A homophone is a word that is pronounced the same (to varying extent) as another word but differs in meaning.

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Polysemy

Polysemy (or; from πολυ-, poly-, "many" and σῆμα, sêma, "sign") is the capacity for a sign (such as a word, phrase, or symbol) to have multiple meanings (that is, multiple semes or sememes and thus multiple senses), usually related by contiguity of meaning within a semantic field.

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Homonym and Synonym Comparison

Homonym has 38 relations, while Synonym has 39. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 6.49% = 5 / (38 + 39).

References

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