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Synonymy vs Synonyma - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between synonymy and synonyma

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

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

    synonyma

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (obsolete) synonyms
    • (Fuller)
    (Webster 1913)