ambiguity vs polysemy
polysemy vs ambiguityambiguity and polysemy both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ambiguity | Yes | No | No | No |
| polysemy | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
polysemy is a hyponym of
ambiguity; that is, polysemy is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
ambiguity:
- ambiguity: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
- polysemy: 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, lexical ambiguity, no man's land, twilight zone.
| ambiguity (noun) | polysemy (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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