http://wordie.org/words/polyonymy Comments for the word 'Polyonymy' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/words/polyonymy#comments Great word! Seems to me <a href="/words/polyonymy">polyonymy</a> has several aspects: it includes words for the same thing in different languages (cat, chat, gato, gatto, 猫); names referring to different aspects of the same thing (Venus, morning star, evening star); nicknames (Elvis the Pelvis, The King, The Memphis Flash); and allonyms, different words for the same thing in the same language (Caribbean English: eggplant, antrover, aubergine, baigan... {see <a href="/words/allonym">allonym</a> for details}. It does not include synonyms that refer to different but similar things (automobile, sedan, jalopy). Fri, 16 May 2008 13:09:59 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/polyonymy#comments http://wordie.org/words/polyonymy#comments Contrast with <a href="/words/polysemy">polysemy</a>, which is one word for many things. Fri, 16 May 2008 04:14:19 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/polyonymy#comments http://wordie.org/words/polyonymy#comments Use of many names for same thing; use of polynomial term or name. Thu, 15 May 2008 22:03:53 +0000 http://wordie.org/words/polyonymy#comments