A word may at times have more than one or more antonym where each word is the opposite of the other word. There are three classifications of antonyms identified by the relationship between the inimical meanings such as: Graded antonyms – Where two words have descriptions that fall on a constant spectrum of the meaning. In short it deals with levels of the meaning of the words, like if something is not “good”, it may still not be “bad.” There is a measure involved with some words, and in addition to good and bad there can be average, excellent, fair, poor, satisfactory or terrible. Examples: Happy - sad; fast - slow; dark - light; wide - narrow etc.
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There are three types of antonym, which are: Graded Antonyms – Graded antonyms use words having variations between two opposites. Relational or Converse Antonyms – Relational antonyms use word pairs having a close relationship in. Complimentary Antonyms – Complimentary antonyms use word pairs. All or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class. Synonyms: sampling, sample distribution. Sample, try, try out, taste (verb) take a sample of 'Try these new crackers'; 'Sample the regional dishes' Synonyms.
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The term homonyms can be used to refer to different types ofwords. Although 'homonyms' are sometimes defined as sounding OR spelling the same, the precise definition requires both. (Sound alikes are 'homophones'.) Homonyms have different MEANINGS, normally as differing parts of speech (i.e. Verb-noun, adjective-noun). Heteronyms are spelled alike but have different sounds and meanings.
Examples of homonyms:Bear (animal or carry) / Left (direction or not taken) / Cast (to mold or a splint) Examples of homophones: bye-buy, see-sea, ate-eight, threw-through, to-too-two. Examples of heteronyms.