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Hyponym vs Antonym - What's the difference?

hyponym | antonym |

As nouns the difference between hyponym and antonym

is that hyponym is hyponym while antonym is antonym (word which has the opposite meaning as another word).

hyponym

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase.

    • Antonyms

    * hypernym

    Related terms

    * hyponymic * hyponymous * hyponymy

    See also

    * (wikipedia) * troponym, the corresponding idea, as applied to verbs. ----

    antonym

    English

    (wikipedia antonym)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another, although not necessarily in all its senses.
    • "rich" is an antonym''' of "poor"; "full" is an '''antonym of "empty" .

    Antonyms

    * synonym

    Derived terms

    * autoantonym * antonymic * antonymous * antonymy * binary antonym * complementary antonym * gradable antonym * polar antonym * relational antonym

    See also

    * thesaurus *

    External links

    * (wikipedia) ----