vaughn tan
@vt
seeking a word each for the following 2 definitions definition 1: "Using the same word to refer to many different things" definition 2: "Using a word with a specifically understood meaning to refer to something with a different meaning." anyone?
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vaughn tan
@vt
actually, here are the updated 2 definitions for which i'm looking for words definition 1: "Using one word with a specific meaning to refer to many different things with different meanings" definition 2: "Using one word with a specific meaning to refer to something with a specific different meaning." anyone?
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Les Greys
@les
ChatGPT says: Definition 1: The term you are looking for is "polysemy." Polysemy refers to the phenomenon where a single word has multiple related but distinct meanings. šš½
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Les Greys
@les
Definition of 2: The term you are looking for is "metonymy." Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a word is used to represent something closely associated with it, but not necessarily a part of it. It involves using one word with a specific meaning to refer to something else that has a specific, different meaning.
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vaughn tan
@vt
ha yes some people on twitter suggested too. i think polysemy does not cover cases where the single word has multiple meanings which are internally in conflict with each other. agh and metonymy doesn't work either, for a related reason
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