Synonym vs Connotation - What's the difference?
synonym | connotation |
(semantics, with respect to a given word or phrase) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
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(zoology, with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any of the formal names for the taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
(botany, with respect to a name for a given taxon) Any name for the taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
(databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
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A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
A technical term in logic used by J. S. Mill and later logicians to refer to the attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, and contrasted with denotation .
As nouns the difference between synonym and connotation
is that synonym is a word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase while connotation is a meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.synonym
English
(wikipedia synonym)Noun
(en noun)- "Happy" is a synonym of "glad".
- Synonyms are part of the SQL standard and are used frequently by Oracle DBAs. Note that Oracle includes both private and public synonyms.
Synonyms
* (word or phrase with same meaning as another) equivalent, poecilonymAntonyms
* (word or phrase with same meaning as another) antonym, oppositeDerived terms
* near-synonymSee also
(en) * homotypic * heterotypic * ----connotation
English
Noun
(en noun)- The connotations of the phrase "you are a dog" are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.
- The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).