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Hypernym vs Metronym - What's the difference?

hypernym | metronym |

As nouns the difference between hypernym and metronym

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 metronym is the name of someone's mother.

hypernym

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (semantics) A word or phrase whose referents form a set including as a subset the referents of a subordinate term.
    • "Musical instrument" is a hypernym of "guitar" because a guitar is a musical instrument.

    Synonyms

    * (superordinate) genus, superordinate, hyperonym, superset * blanket term, umbrella term (informal)

    Antonyms

    * (superordinate) hyponym, species, subordinate

    Hypernyms

    * word

    Derived terms

    * hypernymic * hypernymous * hypernymy

    See also

    * is-a * has-a

    metronym

    English

    Alternative forms

    * matronym

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of someone's mother.
  • A matronymic surname.

    • Related terms

    * metronymic

    See also

    * patronym * -onym English words suffixed with -onym