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lexical ambiguity vs ambiguity

ambiguity vs lexical ambiguity

lexical ambiguity and ambiguity both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
lexical ambiguity Yes No No No
ambiguity Yes No No No
As nouns, ambiguity is a hypernym of lexical ambiguity; that is, ambiguity is a word with a broader meaning than lexical ambiguity:
  • lexical ambiguity: the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings
  • ambiguity: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
Other hypernyms of lexical ambiguity include equivocalness.
lexical ambiguity (noun) ambiguity (noun)
the ambiguity of an individual word or phrase that can be used (in different contexts) to express two or more different meanings unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
Difference between lexical ambiguity and ambiguity

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