Crossword-Clue: Linguistic term for a word that's almost the same as another word, like "affect" and "effect"
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7 letters (1 answer)
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For the crossword clue “Linguistic term for a word that's almost the same as another word, like "affect" and "effect"”, our database currently lists only one answer that matches both the meaning of the clue and the required 7-letter length. This clue appears in: Onion (The Onion). Used 1 time in crossword archives (2010). That answer is PARONYM, a word frequently used in crossword puzzles when this legal context appears.
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