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Paronyms

LC control no.sh 85098261
Topical headingParonyms
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Variant(s)Conjugates (Lexicology)
False friends (Lexicology)
See alsosubdivision Paronyms under names of languages
Semantics
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Found inMerriam-Webster online, Jan. 27, 2021: paronym (a paronymous word) paronymous (def. 1: conjugate sense 4; def. 2a: formed from a word in another language; def. 2b: having a form similar to that of a cognate foreign word) conjugate sense 4 (having the same derivation and therefore usually some likeness in meaning)