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Paronymy vs Synonymy - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between paronymy and synonymy

is that paronymy is the quality of being paronymous while synonymy is (semantics) the quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.

paronymy

English

Noun

(paronymies)
  • The quality of being paronymous.
  • The use of paronymous words.
    • (Webster 1913)

    synonymy

    English

    (Synonym)

    Noun

    (synonymies)
  • (semantics) The quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.
  • A list or collection of synonyms, often compared and contrasted.
  • The study of synonyms.
  • A system of synonyms.
  • (botany) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to a particular taxon, except the correct name)
  • (botany) The state of not being a correct name, of being a synonym
    • In 1924 this name was reduced to synonymy .
  • (zoology) The collective synonyms (all the names referring to the same taxon, including the correct name)

    • Antonyms

    * antonymy

    See also

    * synonymia * synonym