one of two or more terms which are similar in meaning but are not exact synonyms, or which differ in connotation, application or idiomatic use
word of groups of words having a different form, but a meaning similar to another word or groups of words, which may be treated as synonyms in a given system
Osasünonüümide puhul hõlmab tähenduslik sarnasus või lähedus ainult osa tähendusest.
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Nt sõnal kõva on „Eesti kirjakeele seletussõnaraamatu” järgi 14 tähendust, sõnal kange 7, aga ainult kolmes neist on kõva ja kange sünonüümid: a) ‘kehajõult tugev’ (Poisid katsusid jõudu: kumb on kangem = kõvem); b) ‘väga tugev, suur’ (Jalga lõi kange = kõva valu); c) ‘millegi poolest silmatorkav või väljapaistev, tubli, hakkaja’ (kange = kõva töömees, kõnemees, jahimees).
‘Partial’ synonyms have meanings identical in some contexts, or identical only in that replacing one with the other does not change the truth conditions of a specific sentence.
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Thus paper is a partial synonym of article: compare I got my paper published, I got my article published. But their synonymy is not absolute: e.g. paper, but not article, can also be used to refer to a newspaper.
