Polysemy vs Holonymy - What's the difference?
polysemy | holonymy | see also |
(semantics) The ability of words, signs and symbols to have multiple meanings.
(countable, semantics) A semantic relation that exists between a term denoting a whole (the holonym) and a term denoting a part that pertains to the whole (the meronym).
(uncountable, semantics) The quality or nature of being the whole in a holonymous relation.
Polysemy is a see also of holonymy.
As nouns the difference between polysemy and holonymy
is that polysemy is (semantics) the ability of words, signs and symbols to have multiple meanings while holonymy is (countable|semantics) a semantic relation that exists between a term denoting a whole (the holonym) and a term denoting a part that pertains to the whole (the meronym).polysemy
English
(wikipedia polysemy)Noun
(-)- [...] polysemy , which is the greedy habit some words have of taking more than one meaning for themselves. ,
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