Sense Relations

Sense Relations

1. Synonymy

   • A word having the same or nearly the same meaning.
     • "[Actually] I do not know or [In fact] I do not know"
   • Antonymy
     • A word opposite in meaning to another
       • It was a [fast] trip and It was a [slow] trip

2. Ambuiguity

   • Occurs when a word or prase has more than one meaning.
     • "I'm tired of having arguments with my wife".
   • Polissemy
     • The coexistence of many possible meanings for a word or phrase.
       • "She dislike visinting parents".

3. Homophones

   • Are words that have the same sound but differents meanings.
     • Our bear can not bear to be bare at any hour.
   • Homonymy
     • Are defined as words that share the same spelling regardless of how they are pronounced.
       • "Did you read the book?" and "I read the book".
   • Homograps
     • Is a word that share the same written form as another word but has a different meaning
       • " I cannot bear impolite people and " I wil not drink bear at all"
   • Hyponymy
     • Is a word or phrase whose semantics fiel is included within that of another word.
       • "Daisy and Rose are beautiful flowers".

4. Paraphrase

   • Is a restatemente of the meaning of a text or passage using other words
     • "Her life sppaned years of incredible change for women" and " Mary lived throught an are of liberating reform for women".