metronym

As nouns the difference between hypernym and metronym

is that hypernym is (semantics) a word or phrase whose referents form a set including as a subset the referents of a subordinate term while metronym is the name of someone's mother.

As nouns the difference between metronymy and metronym

is that metronymy is kinship and naming that follows the female line while metronym is the name of someone's mother.

As nouns the difference between metronym and retronym

is that metronym is the name of someone's mother while retronym is retronym.

As nouns the difference between metronym and metonym

is that metronym is the name of someone's mother while metonym is a word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.

As nouns the difference between metronym and meronym

is that metronym is the name of someone's mother while meronym is a term used to denote a thing that is a part of something else.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and metronym

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while metronym is the name of someone's mother.

As nouns the difference between metronym and langley

is that metronym is the name of someone's mother while langley is a unit of heat transmission in the cgs system of units it is equivalent to 41,840 j/m² in si units symbol: ly.