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Synonymy vs Heterotypic - What's the difference?

synonymy | heterotypic |

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)
  • (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
  • In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy .
  • (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)
  • Antonyms

    * antonymy

    See also

    * synonymia * synonym

    heterotypic

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (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".
  • Synonyms

    * taxonomic

    Antonyms

    * homotypic