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Definition of paronyms:

(n) : (semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
(n) : (rare) A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word (some example pairs are cognate).

Definition of paronyms:

(n) : (semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word; classes include cognates and naturalizations of foreign words.
(n) : (rare) A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word (some example pairs are cognate).

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