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heterology vs dissimilarity

dissimilarity vs heterology

heterology and dissimilarity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
heterology Yes No No No
dissimilarity Yes No No No
As nouns, dissimilarity is a hypernym of heterology; that is, dissimilarity is a word with a broader meaning than heterology:
  • heterology: (biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts
  • dissimilarity: the quality of being dissimilar
Other hypernyms of heterology include unsimilarity.
heterology (noun) dissimilarity (noun)
(biology) the lack of correspondence of apparently similar body parts the quality of being dissimilar
Difference between heterology and dissimilarity

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