Comment by andruby
> There aren't any exact synonyms in English.
I'm sure that depends on the tolerance. "assist" and "help"? "dog" and "canine"? "purchase" and "buy"?
> There aren't any exact synonyms in English.
I'm sure that depends on the tolerance. "assist" and "help"? "dog" and "canine"? "purchase" and "buy"?
I'm not just being pedantic, it's a fairly mainstream assertion in linguistics. I don't find those words synonymous. They have different performative content. I don't know if this applies to other languages.