Hypernym and hyponym

Hypernym is A linguistic term for a word whose meaning includes the meanings of other words. in other word. Meanwhile hyponym is In linguistics, a specific term used to designate a member of a class. In other word hypernyms are general words and hyponyms are subdivisions of more general words. it means, It describes what happens when we say 'An X is a kind of Y'—An eagle is a kind of bird, or simply, An eagle is a bird."

examples :

1. Fish (hypernym) = lion fish, nemo, cichilds (hyponym)

2. Color (hypernym)= red, white, black, pink (hyponym)

3. Vegetable (hypernym)= watercress, lettuce, broccoli, green bean (hyponym)

4. Fruit (hypernym) = orange, apple, watermelon, grape (hyponym)

5. Subject lesson (hypernym) = mathematic, English, chemistry

Hyponyms is the word the meaning of which may be said to be included in that of another word.

For example:

-Rose is a hyponym of flower

-Spinster is a hyponym of woman

Hyponym is transitive. Potato is a kind of vegetables, and vegetable is a kind of plant. Potato is

also a hyponym of plants as we can say potato is a kind of plant. If A is a hyponym of B, then A is a kind of.
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