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Root entry · 4 derived lemmasThis root primarily concerns the concept of kind, sort, or genus. It extends to ideas of similarity, classification, and categorization, encompassing both broad categories and specific types within them.
Derived headwords
- 1.kind, sort, genusboth
A category or class of things, often a broad classification. It is considered more general than 'type'.
- 1.similarity, resemblanceboth
The state or quality of being similar or alike; resemblance between things.
- 2.homonymyclassical
In linguistics, the use of words that sound alike but have different meanings, or words that are spelled alike but have different meanings.
- 1.classification, categorizationboth
The act or process of classifying or arranging things into categories based on shared characteristics.
- 2.homonymyclassical
A rhetorical device or linguistic phenomenon involving words that are identical in form but different in meaning.
- 1.The common saying 'this is similar to this' is a coined term.both
The common saying 'this is similar to this' is a coined term.