• ElderWendigo@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    9 months ago

    I think I get what you’re saying, but was really confused because those two uses of rise are the same word and same definition applied to different contexts.

    I think the concepts you’re looking to describe are homonyms, homophones, and homographs.

    • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      9 months ago

      Well no, for example, kanji has two different for climb (up a ladder) and climb/ascend (into the air), which have the same katakana.

      That happens quite a lot for words which have similar, but subtly distinct, meanings.