different between homonym vs autantonym

English

Etymology

homo- +? -onym

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?h?m.??n?m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?h?m.??n?m/

Noun

homonym (plural homonyms)

1. (semantics, strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
2. (loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word, technically called a homophone (same sound) or a homograph (same spelling).
3. (taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.

Usage notes

• Homonyms (in the broader sense) are divided into the two overlapping subcategories homographs and homophones. Examples:
  • die and dye (homophones but not homographs)
  • the parasitic flatworm called the fluke, the fish called the fluke, and a fluke, part of the tail of a whale (both homophones and homographs and therefore true homonyms in the strict sense)
  • the metal lead and the present tense of the verb lead (homographs but not homophones)

Derived terms

• homonymic
• homonymous

Translations

See also

Further reading

• homonym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• homonym (biology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Danish

Adjective

homonym (neuter homonymt, plural and definite singular attributive homonyme)

1. homonymic

Noun

homonym

1. homonym

Declension

Swedish

Noun

homonym c

1. homonym

Declension

English

Etymology

aut- +? antonym.

Coined or reported by Joseph T. Shipley, 1960.

Noun

autantonym (plural autantonyms)

1. Alternative spelling of autoantonym
   • 1960, Joseph T. Shipley, Playing with Words, Prentice-Hall, p. 74

     autantonym — word having two opposite meanings (as a fast horse, and a fast color). Cf. contronym, heteronym, and homonym.

   • 1986, Harry Edwin Eiss, Dictionary of Language Games, Puzzles, and Amusements, Greenwood Press, p. 39.

     autantonym — word having two opposite meanings (as a fast horse, and a fast color). Cf. contronym, heteronym, and homonym.

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