Lecture 7 :
6 - Synonyms َحىفــــخصـــــحٌّ
Writers make their writing interesting and enjoyable to read by using a variety of
words. They may use different words or phrases to name the same thing to avoid
repeating particular words. It is important to remember that even though two
different words are used, they refer to the same thing.
Example:
(a) A car was observed leaving the scene of the crime. The vehicle was chased by a member of the
public.
Normally, car and vehicle would not be considered synonyms, any more than lion and
animal are. However, when they are put together like this in a text (with the more general
word second), they come to mean the same.
(b) Success requires hard work. Yet effort by itself is insufficient.
Although the words hard work and effort might elsewhere mean slightly different things, they
here have exactly the same meaning. Sometimes the chosen synonym is a word that
normally has a more general meaning than the first-used one, as in this example:
(c) Many Estonians have cottages on the nearby island of Saaremaa in the Baltic Sea. They
often visit them and plant large gardens there.
Find a word in the passage which mean "country homes". - .......................