True or false: choosing between near words
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- Questions
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Two synonyms can differ in strength of feeling.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Two synonyms can differ in formality.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- Any synonym fits any sentence equally well.
- Statement is true
- Yes
- Statement
- Fernald discusses how the words in a group differ.
- Statement is true
- No
- Statement
- A synonym group has exactly two words.
The reason a synonym dictionary discusses rather than just lists. Source: English Synonyms and Antonyms, Fernald (1896), public domain.