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Anagram vs Antonym - What's the difference?

anagram | antonym |

As nouns the difference between anagram and antonym

is that anagram is (of words) a word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase while antonym is antonym (word which has the opposite meaning as another word).

As a verb anagram

is to form anagrams.

anagram

Alternative forms

* anagramme (obsolete)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
  • The word "silent" is an anagram of "listen".

    Derived terms

    * anagrammatic * anagrammatise * anagrammatism * anagrammatist

    See also

    * alphagram * palindrome

    Verb

  • To form anagrams.
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    antonym

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another, although not necessarily in all its senses.
  • "rich" is an antonym''' of "poor"; "full" is an '''antonym of "empty" .

    Antonyms

    * synonym

    Derived terms

    * autoantonym * antonymic * antonymous * antonymy * binary antonym * complementary antonym * gradable antonym * polar antonym * relational antonym

    See also

    * thesaurus *