10 Sep 2003
CS 6210: Module 5
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Thesauri
and Lexical Relations
¡Polysemy:
Same word, different senses of meaning
lWe
say that homographs are polysemous
lSlightly
different concepts expressed similarly
¡Synonyms:
Different words, related senses
of meanings
lDifferent
ways to express similar concepts