A Corpus-Based Study of EnglishSynonyms

The style or formality of the context in which synonyms occur is the second criterion one may depend upon when distinguishing synonymous words. In a pair of synonyms, one has a tendency to occur in a more formal context than the other. For example, the words comprehend and intoxicated are obviously more formal than and understand ................
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