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Derivation vs Paronymous - What's the difference?

derivation | paronymous |

As a noun derivation

is diversion.

As an adjective paronymous is

(semantics) having the same root or derivation; conjugate.

derivation

English

(wikipedia derivation) (Webster 1913)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A leading or drawing off of water from a stream or source.
  • The act of receiving anything from a source; the act of procuring an effect from a cause, means, or condition, as profits from capital, conclusions or opinions from evidence.
  • The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Indo-European root.
  • The state or method of being derived; the relation of origin when established or asserted.
  • That from which a thing is derived.
  • That which is derived; a derivative; a deduction.
  • (mathematics) The operation of deducing one function from another according to some fixed law, called the law of derivation, as the of differentiation or of integration.
  • (medicine) A drawing of humors or fluids from one part of the body to another, to relieve or lessen a morbid process.

    • Derived terms

    * derivation tree

    Related terms

    * derive * derived * derivative

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    paronymous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (semantics) Having the same root or derivation; conjugate.
  • (semantics) Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning.
    • "Hare" and "hair" are paronymous .