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Dec 2021 03 09:55

Re: Do you know any more Contranyms?

I've never understood how "transparent" is a contranym.
It means the same thing however you use it?
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NO- because when you say no you really mean yes?????
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twiglets wrote: 3rd Dec 2021 at 10:41am NO- because when you say no you really mean yes?????
It was in the Vicar of Dibley anyway. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Yes! [--- (The seasonal word only permitted in December) ---_grin.gif]

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JonOfham wrote: 3rd Dec 2021 at 9:55am I've never understood how "transparent" is a contranym.
It means the same thing however you use it?
transparent as in 'you cant see it' and transparent as in' it is obvious'
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AndyCornwall wrote: 3rd Dec 2021 at 1:45pm
transparent as in 'you cant see it' and transparent as in' it is obvious'
Transparent

a) Transparent: Obvious
Eg, His lies were so transparent.

So you can see through his lies to the truth. i.e. the truth isn't obscured by the lies.

b) Transparent: Invisible
Eg, She brought a transparent water bottle to school every day.

So you can see through the bottle. i.e the contents of the bottle aren't obscured by the bottle.

So the meanings aren't really different in my opinion, the lies are transparent just as the bottle is transparent. It's obvious both are there, but you can't really see them....well you can see a bottle, but anyway....thats what I mean.
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JonOfham wrote: 3rd Dec 2021 at 2:53pm Transparent

a) Transparent: Obvious
Eg, His lies were so transparent.

So you can see through his lies to the truth. i.e. the truth isn't obscured by the lies.

b) Transparent: Invisible
Eg, She brought a transparent water bottle to school every day.

So you can see through the bottle. i.e the contents of the bottle aren't obscured by the bottle.

So the meanings aren't really different in my opinion, the lies are transparent just as the bottle is transparent. It's obvious both are there, but you can't really see them....well you can see a bottle, but anyway....thats what I mean.
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JonOfham wrote: 3rd Dec 2021 at 2:53pm Transparent

a) Transparent: Obvious
Eg, His lies were so transparent.

So you can see through his lies to the truth. i.e. the truth isn't obscured by the lies.

b) Transparent: Invisible
Eg, She brought a transparent water bottle to school every day.

So you can see through the bottle. i.e the contents of the bottle aren't obscured by the bottle.

So the meanings aren't really different in my opinion, the lies are transparent just as the bottle is transparent. It's obvious both are there, but you can't really see them....well you can see a bottle, but anyway....thats what I mean.
his lies were obvious, his lies were transparent.

break it down however you want to the meaning is the same, and in this context the meaning is you can 'see' the lies, something transparent things are not usually.

I think is important not to expect polar opposites like up and down.
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how about 'off'
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I was going to be sort of clever here with Flammable and Inflammable...... However I have just found out that Flammable is something you can set fire to, like a piece of wood. Whilst Inflammable is something that is capable of bursting into flames without the use of any ignition. Apparently the opposite of both of these is non-flammable!
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AndyCornwall wrote: 3rd Dec 2021 at 3:18pm his lies were obvious, his lies were transparent.

break it down however you want to the meaning is the same, and in this context the meaning is you can 'see' the lies, something transparent things are not usually.

I think is important not to expect polar opposites like up and down.
Must be real tiring having to be right all the time, Andy. Maybe you should take a nap?
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