Synonymy vs Heterotypic - What's the difference?
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(semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
The study of synonyms.
A system of synonyms.
(botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
(botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym
(zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)
(botany) literally "with a different type". In botanical nomenclature a heterotypic synonym (or taxonomic synonym) is a synonym that comes into being when a taxon is reduced in status ("reduced to synonymy") and becomes part of a different taxon. The zoological equivalent is "subjective synonym".
In botany terms the difference between synonymy and heterotypic
is that synonymy is the state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym while heterotypic is literally "with a different type". In botanical nomenclature a heterotypic synonym (or taxonomic synonym) is a synonym that comes into being when a taxon is reduced in status ("reduced to synonymy") and becomes part of a different taxon. The zoological equivalent is "subjective synonym".As a noun synonymy
is the quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.As an adjective heterotypic is
literally "with a different type". In botanical nomenclature a heterotypic synonym (or taxonomic synonym) is a synonym that comes into being when a taxon is reduced in status ("reduced to synonymy") and becomes part of a different taxon. The zoological equivalent is "subjective synonym".synonymy
English
(Synonym)Noun
(synonymies)- In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy .