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Synonym and Word-sense disambiguation

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Difference between Synonym and Word-sense disambiguation

Synonym vs. Word-sense disambiguation

A synonym is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language. In computational linguistics, word-sense disambiguation (WSD) is an open problem of natural language processing and ontology.

Similarities between Synonym and Word-sense disambiguation

Synonym and Word-sense disambiguation have 7 things in common (in Unionpedia): Homograph, Machine learning, Metonymy, Ontology (information science), Polysemy, Thesaurus, Word sense.

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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Machine learning

Machine learning is a subset of artificial intelligence in the field of computer science that often uses statistical techniques to give computers the ability to "learn" (i.e., progressively improve performance on a specific task) with data, without being explicitly programmed.

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Metonymy

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.

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Ontology (information science)

In computer science and information science, an ontology encompasses a representation, formal naming, and definition of the categories, properties, and relations of the concepts, data, and entities that substantiate one, many, or all domains.

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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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Thesaurus

In general usage, a thesaurus is a reference work that lists words grouped together according to similarity of meaning (containing synonyms and sometimes antonyms), in contrast to a dictionary, which provides definitions for words, and generally lists them in alphabetical order.

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Word sense

In linguistics, a word sense is one of the meanings of a word (some words have multiple meanings, some words have only one meaning).

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Synonym and Word-sense disambiguation Comparison

Synonym has 39 relations, while Word-sense disambiguation has 114. As they have in common 7, the Jaccard index is 4.58% = 7 / (39 + 114).

References

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