- desynonymize
- de·synonymize
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desynonymize
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Desynonymize — De syn*on y*mize, v. t. To deprive of synonymous character; to discriminate in use; applied to words which have been employed as synonyms. Coleridge. Trench. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
desynonymize — “+ transitive verb Etymology: de + synonymize : to deprive of synonymous character : differentiate meanings of (words often used as close synonyms or as interchangeable, as semantics and semasiology) … Useful english dictionary
Despecificate — De spe*cif i*cate, v. t. [Pref. de (intens.) + specificate.] To discriminate; to separate according to specific signification or qualities; to specificate; to desynonymize. [R.] [1913 Webster] Inaptitude and ineptitude have been usefully… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Differentiate — Dif fer*en ti*ate, v. t. 1. To distinguish or mark by a specific difference; to effect a difference in, as regards classification; to develop differential characteristics in; to specialize; to desynonymize. [1913 Webster] The word then was… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
analyze — Synonyms and related words: air, alphabetize, anatomize, apply reason, arrange, assay, assort, atomize, bracket, break down, break up, canvass, catalog, categorize, change, chop logic, class, classify, codify, comment upon, conjugate, consider,… … Moby Thesaurus
anatomize — Synonyms and related words: adduce, analyze, assay, atomize, break down, break up, change, chop logic, circumstantiate, cite, decompose, descend to particulars, desynonymize, detail, difference, differentiate, discriminate, disequalize, disjoin,… … Moby Thesaurus
atomize — Synonyms and related words: ablate, abrade, accelerate, activate, adduce, aerate, aerify, analyze, anatomize, beat, bombard, bray, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, brecciate, carbonate, change, chlorinate, chop logic, circumstantiate … Moby Thesaurus
change — Synonyms and related words: aberration, about face, accommodate, adapt, adjust, advance, agency, agent, alchemy, alter, alteration, alternate, alternative, ameliorate, analogy, analysis, analyze, anatomization, anatomize, ascend, assimilate to,… … Moby Thesaurus
chop logic — Synonyms and related words: analyze, anatomize, argue, argufy, around the bush, atomize, bandy words, beat about, beg the question, bicker, boggle, cavil, change, choplogic, contend, contest, cross swords, cut and thrust, desynonymize, difference … Moby Thesaurus
differentiate — Synonyms and related words: adapt, adjust, alter, analyze, anatomize, argue, atomize, be characteristic, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, bespeak, betoken, break up, calibrate, calibrated, change, characterize, chop logic,… … Moby Thesaurus
