Metonymy and Semantics

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Difference between Metonymy and Semantics

Metonymy vs. Semantics

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept. Semantics (from σημαντικός sēmantikós, "significant") is the linguistic and philosophical study of meaning, in language, programming languages, formal logics, and semiotics.

Similarities between Metonymy and Semantics

Metonymy and Semantics have 3 things in common (in Unionpedia): Homonym, Meronymy, Metaphor.

Homonym

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

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Meronymy

Meronymy (from Greek μέρος meros, "part" and ὄνομα onoma, "name") is a semantic relation specific to linguistics, distinct from the similar meronomy.

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Metaphor

A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect.

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What Metonymy and Semantics have in common
What are the similarities between Metonymy and Semantics

Metonymy and Semantics Comparison

Metonymy has 110 relations, while Semantics has 210. As they have in common 3, the Jaccard index is 0.94% = 3 / (110 + 210).

References

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