Homonym vs Basionym - What's the difference?
homonym | basionym |
(semantics, strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning.
(loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning, technically called a (homophone) (same sound) or a (homograph) (same spelling).
(taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.
(botany, taxonomy) An earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived.
As nouns the difference between homonym and basionym
is that homonym is homonym (word with the same sound or spelling but different meaning) while basionym is (botany|taxonomy) an earlier valid scientific name of a species that has since been renamed and from which the new name is partially derived.homonym
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Noun
(en noun)Usage notes
* Homonyms (in the looser sense) are divided into the two overlapping subcategories homographs and homophones. Examples: ** (die) and (dye) (homophones but not homographs) ** the (parasitic) (flatworm) called a (fluke) and (fluke), part of the tail of a whale (both homophones and homographs and therefore true homonyms in the strict sense) ** the metal (lead) and the present tense of the verb (lead) (homographs but not homophones)See also
(en) English abstract nouns ----basionym
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Alternative forms
* basonymNoun
(en noun)- The name, Arundinaria distans'' is the basionym of ''Colanthelia distans .