cold

[sash2008]

polysemy or homonymy?

cold

ــ bodily sensation produced by loss or lack of heat *they died of the cold*/ a condition of low temperature *extremes of heat and cold*; especially : cold weather

ــ having or being a temperature that is uncomfortably low for humans *it is cold outside today*

[Raymott]

polysemy or homonymy?

cold

ــ bodily sensation produced by loss or lack of heat *they died of the cold*/ a condition of low temperature *extremes of heat and cold*; especially : cold weather

ــ having or being a temperature that is uncomfortably low for humans *it is cold outside today*

It's the same word. cold = "low temperature".

He has a cold (a viral infection). This is polysemous, if you believe that there is a connection between being cold and catching a cold; otherwise it's homonymous.

[sash2008]

It's the same word. cold = "low temperature".

He has a cold (a viral infection). This is polysemous, if you believe that there is a connection between being cold and catching a cold; otherwise it's homonymous.

Thank you
so, it is polysemy in
I have a cold.
It is very cold today.

[Raymott]

Thank you
so, it is polysemy in
I have a cold.
It is very cold today.

Yes. (More or less)