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Heterotypic vs Synonymous - What's the difference?

heterotypic | synonymous |

As adjectives the difference between heterotypic and synonymous

is that 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" while synonymous is having a similar meaning.

heterotypic

English

Adjective

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  • (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

    synonymous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • having a similar meaning
  • of, or being a synonym
  • (genetics, of a SNP) Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein.

    • Antonyms

    * antonymous * nonsynonymous * (genetics) nonsynonymous

    Derived terms

    * synonym * synonymity