You have discovered homonyms
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This bothers me. I looked it up and it’s right, but I want it to be wrong for words that have the same root meaning. It’s not like skate (the fish) and skate (the activity). You’re an alcoholic because your blood is alcoholic. They’re so closely related.
Does this mean every second definition of a word in the dictionary is also a homonym? How different does it need to be?
I hate English.
Does this mean every second definition of a word in the dictionary is also a homonym? How different does it need to be?
“homonym” == “same-name”, so, yes by definition. it has the same name as another definition.
You’re an alcoholic because your blood is alcoholic.
This is false, that’s not what the noun ‘alcoholic’ means.
Being an alcoholic is a negative trait; a Martini cannot beat his wife in drunken rage.
#NotAllAlcoholics 🍸
Wine is an alcoholic beverage. Vodka is an alcoholic’s beverage.
Context matters. Go figure
If you drink enough vodka, your blood becomes alcoholic.
Are you kidding? For a lot of alcoholics, their only redeeming quality (to their friends) is the fact that they’re an alcoholic. It’s an identity for a lot of people without one.
Sad but probably true… I was gonna say “I wouldn’t know” but then I recalled my army days, lol.
Dammit DaMonsterKnees, you have Lupis.
No, on the beverage and food, it is a stigma, too.
One is a noun, the other an adjective, and as such they carry different meanings. For example, someone could eat a tart (baked good) that is not tart (sour).
Off a tart - pretty freakin’ sweet
