Homonym vs Eponym - What's the difference?
homonym | eponym |
(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.
The name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.
A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
As nouns the difference between homonym and eponym
is that homonym is a word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning while eponym is the name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.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 ----eponym
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(wikipedia eponym)Noun
(en noun)- ''Romulus is the eponym of Rome.
- ''Rome is an eponym of Romulus.
- Alzheimer's disease, boycott, Columbia, stentorian, sandwich and Victorian are examples of eponyms .
