synonymitet
Synonymitet, also known as synonymy, is the semantic relation between words or phrases that share similar or identical meanings. In linguistics and lexicography, synonymitet describes how lexemes can convey the same concept in certain contexts, though not always in every situation. Complete, unconditional synonymitet is rare; most word pairs are near-synonyms with nuanced differences in meaning, connotation, formality, or typical collocations.
Near-synonyms differ in shade of meaning or usage. For example, big and large express similar size but
Context matters greatly for synonymitet. The sense of a word, its polysemy, and the surrounding sentence influence
Applications of synonymitet knowledge include paraphrase detection, machine translation, information retrieval, and lexicography. Challenges arise from