different between hyponym vs heteronym

English

Etymology

From hypo- (“under”) +? -onym (“name; word”); from Ancient Greek ??? (hupó, “under”) + ????? (ónuma), Doric dialectal form of ????? (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ha?p??.n?m/, /?ha?p?.n?m/
  • Homophone: hypernym
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /?ha?.po?.n?m/, /?ha?p?.n?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

hyponym (plural hyponyms)

1. (semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase.

   Antonyms: hypernym, hyperonym

   Coordinate term: meronym

Derived terms

• hyponymic
• hyponymous
• hyponymy
• cohyponym
• cohyponymous

Translations

See also

• hyponym on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• troponym, the corresponding idea, as applied to verbs.

Danish

Adjective

hyponym

1. hyponymous

Inflection

Noun

hyponym n (singular definite hyponymet, plural indefinite hyponymer)

1. hyponym

   Synonym: underbegreb

Declension

Swedish

Noun

hyponym c

1. hyponym

Declension

English

Etymology

Coined around 1900, either from hetero- (“different”) +? -onym (“name”) or from Ancient Greek ?????????? (heter?numos), or perhaps both.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?h?t.??.?(?).n?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?t.?.?o?.n?m/, /?h?t.?.??.n?m/

Noun

heteronym (plural heteronyms)

1. (linguistics) A word having the same spelling as another, but a different pronunciation and meaning.

   Agape, "astonished" or "wide open," is a heteronym of agape, "Christian love."

2. (literature) A fictitious character created by an author for the purpose of writing in a different style.

Synonyms

• (linguistics): heterophone, homograph

Translations

See also

• List of English heteronyms defined in Wiktionary
• polyphone (a letter [or combination of letters] that can be pronounced in two or more different ways, such as ? / ? in Chinese, pronounced [cháng] in the sense of ’long’ and [zh?ng] in the sense of ’to grow’)