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Polysemy vs Polysomy - What's the difference?

polysemy | polysomy |

As nouns the difference between polysemy and polysomy

is that polysemy is (semantics) the ability of words, signs and symbols to have multiple meanings while polysomy is the condition of being polysomic.

polysemy

English

(wikipedia polysemy)

Noun

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  • (semantics) The ability of words, signs and symbols to have multiple meanings.
    • [...] polysemy , which is the greedy habit some words have of taking more than one meaning for themselves. , speech at TED.

    Antonyms

    * monosemy

    Related terms

    * polysemic * polysemous

    See also

    * homonymy

    polysomy

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The condition of being polysomic