Synonyms vs. Synonymy — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Synonyms and Synonymy
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Synonyms
A word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word or other words in a language.
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Synonymy
The quality of being synonymous; equivalence of meaning.
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Synonyms
A word or expression that serves as a figurative or symbolic substitute for another
"Romeo has become a synonym for any youthful lover" (Harry Levin).
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Synonymy
Study and classification of synonyms.
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Synonyms
(Biology) One of two or more scientific names that have been applied to the same species or other taxonomic group.
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Synonymy
A list, book, or system of synonyms.
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Synonyms
Inflection of synonym
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Synonymy
(Biology) A chronological list of the published scientific names that have been applied to a species.
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Synonymy
(semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
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Synonymy
A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
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Synonymy
The study of synonyms.
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Synonymy
A system of synonyms.
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Synonymy
(botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
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Synonymy
(botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym
In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy.
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Synonymy
(zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)
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Synonymy
The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
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Synonymy
A system of synonyms.
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Synonymy
A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a discourse.
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Synonymy
The semantic relation that holds between two words that can (in a given context) express the same meaning
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