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synonymy| Near or identical meaning between or among words. There are very few strict synonyms in any language, although there may be many near-synonyms, depending upon the contexts in which the words are used. |
| Thus brotherly and fraternal are synonyms in English, but a brotherhood is not the same as a fraternity. People talk about the brotherhood of man but seldom if ever about the ‘fraternity of man’. Brotherhood and fraternity are not therefore strictly synonymous. |
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