ambiguity vs lexical ambiguity
lexical ambiguity vs ambiguityambiguity and lexical ambiguity both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ambiguity | Yes | No | No | No |
| lexical ambiguity | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
lexical ambiguity is a hyponym of
ambiguity; that is, lexical ambiguity is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
ambiguity:
- ambiguity: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
- lexical ambiguity: the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
Other hyponyms of ambiguity include
equivocation, evasiveness, prevarication, polysemy, no man's land, twilight zone.
| ambiguity (noun) | lexical ambiguity (noun) |
|---|---|
| unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning | the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings |
| an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context |
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