"That's a great deal to make one word mean," Alice said in a thoughtful tone. "When I make a word do a lot of work like that," said Humpty Dumpty, "I always pay it extra."
Showing posts with label Cohyponym. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cohyponym. Show all posts

Monday, 19 January 2009

Cohyponym

My art exchange from Eliandme was a super piece of writing which (purposely) included some words that were new to me. Amongst these was cohyponym.

A cohyponym is a word or phrase that shares the same hypernym as another word or phrase.

A hypernym is a word whose meaning denotes a superordinate or superclass. So, for example, animal is a hypernym of dog.

Cat is therefore a cohyponym of dog.