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Antonym vs Tautonym - What's the difference?

antonym | tautonym |

As nouns the difference between antonym and tautonym

is that antonym is antonym (word which has the opposite meaning as another word) while tautonym is (biology|informal) a binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as bison bison .

antonym

English

(wikipedia 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 *

    External links

    * (wikipedia) ----

    tautonym

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biology, informal) A binomial name consisting of the same word twice, such as Bison bison .

    • See also

    * ("tautonym" on Wikipedia)