Cousins of homophones. A polyseme is one word with two distinct (but usually etymologically related) meanings. Eg: bank as in Lloyds vs river bank. Etc.
Cousins of homophones. A polyseme is one word with two distinct (but usually etymologically related) meanings. Eg: bank as in Lloyds vs river bank. Etc.
This will drive me nuts trying to think of more examples. Never heard of this before.