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Paronymous   Listen
adjective
Paronymous  adj.  
1.
Having the same derivation; allied radically; conjugate; said of certain words, as man, mankind, manhood, etc.
2.
Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning; said of certain words, as all and awl; hair and hare, etc.





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"Paronymous" Quotes from Famous Books



... which, however, does not really exist; for 'presumption' is commonly used to express a kind of slight suspicion; whereas, 'to presume' amounts to actual belief. There are innumerable instances of a non-correspondence in paronymous words, similar to that above instanced; as between art and artful, design and designing, faith and faithful, etc.; and the more slight the variation of the meaning, the more likely is the fallacy to be successful; for when the ...
— A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive • John Stuart Mill


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