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Hyperonym vs Hypernym - What's the difference?

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Hypernym is a synonym of hyperonym.



As nouns the difference between hyperonym and hypernym

is that hyperonym is hypernym; superordinate term while hypernym is a word or phrase whose referents form a set including as a subset the referents of a subordinate term.

hyperonym

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (linguistics) Hypernym; superordinate term.

    • 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