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Analyze and comment on the following.Use examples to illustrate the similarity and difference between absolute synonyms and relative synonyms.

高老师2年前 (2024-03-26)英语词汇学(00832)7

Analyze and comment on the following.Use examples to illustrate the similarity and difference between absolute synonyms and relative synonyms.

(1)ABSOLUTE SYNONYMS (COMPLETE SYNONYMS) ARE WORDS WHICH ARE IDENTICAL IN MEANING IN ALL ITS ASPECTS. I.E. BOTH IN GRAMMATICAL MEANING , INCLUDING CONCEPTUAL AND ASSOCIATIVE MEANINGS. SYNONYMS OF THIS TYPE ARE INTERCHANGEABLE IN EVERY WAY. ABSOLUTE SYNONYMS ARE RARE IN NATURAL LANGUAGES AND RESTRICTED TO HIGHLY SPECIALIZED VOCABULARY, SUCH AS SCARLET-FEVER/SCARLATINA IN MEDICINE. 

(2)RELATIVE SYNONYMS (NEAR-SYNONYMS) ARE SIMILAR OR NEARLY THE SAME IN DENOTATION, BUT EMBRACE DIFFERENT SHADES OF MEANING OR DIFFERENT DEGREES OF A GIVEN QUALITY. FOR EXAMPLE, TO CHANGE A THING IS TO PUT ANOTHER THING IN ITS PLACE; TO ALTER A THING IS TO MAKE IT DIFFERENT FROM WHICH IT WAS BEFORE.

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