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Hypernymy and hyponymy are fundamental concepts in linguistics and semantic analysis, referring to the hierarchical relationships between words in a language. A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses the meanings of other words. For example, "animal" is a hypernym for "dog," "cat," and "bird," as these specific animals are types of animals. The relationship between a hypernym and its related words is known as a hypernymy relationship.

Conversely, a hyponym is a word with a more specific meaning that falls under the category of a hypernym. Using the previous example, "dog," "cat," and "bird" are hyponyms of "animal." The relationship between a hyponym and its hypernym is called a hyponymy relationship.

These relationships are crucial in various natural language processing tasks, such as information retrieval, text classification, and word sense disambiguation. They help in understanding the semantic connections between words, which is essential for building more accurate and context-aware language models. Hypernymy and hyponymy relationships can be explicitly defined in lexical resources like WordNet, which is a widely used database for English that organizes words into synonym sets and defines their semantic relationships.