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Polysemous vs Homonymous - What's the difference?

polysemous | homonymous |

As adjectives the difference between polysemous and homonymous

is that polysemous is (linguistics) having multiple meanings or interpretations while homonymous is having the same name as another.

polysemous

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (linguistics) Having multiple meanings or interpretations.

    • Synonyms

    * polysemantic * polysemic

    Antonyms

    * monosemous

    Related terms

    * polysemy

    homonymous

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • having the same name as another
  • of or pertaining to a homonym

    • Related terms

    * homonymy