paronymous

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Meaning

1. adjective Having the same root or derivation; conjugate.
2. adjective Having a similar sound, but different orthography and different meaning.

   Ethology, ethnology, etiology, etymology, and entomology are paronymous.

Similar words

homosemous synonymous paralogous homosemic connate congenerous isonomic congenerate conjugate homonymous

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