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Originally Posted by goldnate OK. But what about words that have the same spelling and sound but different and *related* meanings? Like "cleave" where it has two opposite meanings? e.g. "He cleaved to her as the rock that anchored his life" and "She cleaved the great stone in two with one mighty blow." I know there is actually a term for words like these but I can't think of it. |
In addition,
An
auto-antonym is a word that is the opposite of itself. There are various synonyms: contranyms, contronyms, antagonyms, antilogies, Janus words (after the two-faced Greek mythical figure, from which "January" also derives), and enantiodromes.
EX: to
dust the furniture (to take away, remove fine particles).
EX: to
dust the crops (to put on, sprinkle fine particles).
The auto-antonyms
cleave and
cleave are homonyms (They are pronounced the same), as well as homographs (They are spelled the same):
The term
auto-antonym refers to
meaning, semantics.
The term
homonym refers to
pronunciation.
The term
homograph refers to
written form.
Homonyms: 'homo' means, same, and 'nym' means, form. Homonyms are words that have the same pronunciation e.g.,
dust the furniture,
dust the crops; the saving and loan
bank and the river
bank; I was
allowed to go and Read it
aloud.
Heteronyms: 'hetero' means, different, and 'nym' means, form. Heteronyms are words that have different pronunications e.g., There's a strong
wind today and Please
wind your watch.
Homographs: 'homo' means, same, and 'graph' means, spelling. Homographs are words that have the same spelling. Heteronyms wind/wind and homonyms dust/dust are homographs.
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Oronyms: 'oro' means, spoken, and 'nym' means, form. Oronyms are phrases that have the same pronunciation:
EX: I've watched
some others .
EX: I've watched
some mothers.
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