homonymy

As nouns the difference between homonymy and homography

is that homonymy is (semantics) the property of being a homonym while homography is the state or quality of being spelt homographically; the state or quality of existing as homographs.

In semantics terms the difference between hyponymy and homonymy

is that hyponymy is the semantic relation between hyponyms; the quality of being hyponymous while homonymy is the property of being a homonym.

As nouns the difference between homonymy and homophones

is that homonymy is (semantics) the property of being a homonym while homophones is .

As nouns the difference between homonymy and metonymy

is that homonymy is the property of being a homonym while metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.

As nouns the difference between homonymy and homophony

is that homonymy is the property of being a homonym while homophony is a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords.

As nouns the difference between homonymy and ambiguity

is that homonymy is the property of being a homonym while ambiguity is something, particulary words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, if that meaning etc cannot be determined from its context.

As nouns the difference between paronymy and homonymy

is that paronymy is the quality of being paronymous while homonymy is (semantics) the property of being a homonym.

In semantics|lang=en terms the difference between homonymy and hypernymy

is that homonymy is (semantics) the property of being a homonym while hypernymy is (semantics) the semantic relation between hypernyms; the quality of being hypernymous.

As nouns the difference between homonymy and hypernymy

is that homonymy is (semantics) the property of being a homonym while hypernymy is (semantics) the semantic relation between hypernyms; the quality of being hypernymous.

As nouns the difference between homonymy and homophone

is that homonymy is the property of being a homonym while homophone is a word which is pronounced the same as another word but differs in spelling or meaning or origin, for example: carat, caret, carrot, and karat.

In semantics terms the difference between homonymy and synonymy

is that homonymy is the property of being a homonym while synonymy is the quality of being synonymous; sameness of meaning.