[Taxacom] Objective synonyms?

Curtis Clark lists at curtisclark.org
Sat May 29 11:16:02 CDT 2010


Tom and I are in agreement on this, and I think he is probably as 
surprised as I by Stephen Thorpe calling a homotypic new combination a 
subjective synonym.

On 5/29/2010 9:04 AM, Thomas G. Lammers wrote:
> "Stupid" and "Idiotic" are synonyms, fide Roget's
> Thesaurus.  One is NOT the "correct" word and the other somehow
> inappropriate or lacking or erroneous.
>    

Isn't "idiotic" a junior synonym of "stupid"? :-)

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