heteronymous

adjective

het·​er·​on·​y·​mous

¦hetə¦ränəməs

: having different designations

parent and child are heteronymous relatives

—opposed to homonymous

heteronymously adverb

Word History

Etymology

Late Greek heterōnymos, from Greek hetero- heter- + onyma, onoma name

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