Is there a word for words that have different meanings?
I am aware of homonyms, homographs, homophones, etc... But am looking for the word that would describe the relationship for categories of a word such as how the Greek concept for love has multiple characteristics but is still broadly identified as live.
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Bluebellbkk, your an idiot. One-you don't understand the question, or don't have the capacity to. Two-there are more than three Greek words for love
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- Anonymous4 months agoFavorite Answer
Words like that are called "polysemous," meaning "having many meanings." I'm not sure if there's a noun for that, but you can say "polysemous words."
- ?Lv 74 months ago
You mean, there are three Greek words for different kinds of love, but in English we have just the one word, "love".
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