What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Entailment vs Hyponymy - What's the difference?

entailment | hyponymy |

As nouns the difference between entailment and hyponymy

is that entailment is the act of entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed while hyponymy is the semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous.

entailment

English

(wikipedia entailment)

Alternative forms

* intailment (rare)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.
    • Entailment does not imply causation: if a set of premisses entail a conclusion, that does not mean (necessarily) that they cause that conclusion to be true.
    An argument hinges upon entailment whereas an if-then sentence hinges upon implication.

    See also

    * material implication

    hyponymy

    English

    (wikipedia hyponymy)

    Noun

    (hyponymies)
  • (semantics) The semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous.

    • Antonyms

    * hypernymy