Hypernym vs Hyponyms - What's the difference?
hypernym | hyponyms |
(semantics) A word or phrase whose referents form a set including as a subset the referents of a subordinate term.
As nouns the difference between hypernym and hyponyms
is that hypernym is (semantics) a word or phrase whose referents form a set including as a subset the referents of a subordinate term while hyponyms is .hypernym
English
Noun
(en noun)- "Musical instrument" is a hypernym of "guitar" because a guitar is a musical instrument.