Hi, Denis!  Recently you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

 AH>  The substitution of "all" for "also" changes the
 AH>  meaning.

 DM>  Is is synonyms?


          No, "all" and "also" are not synonyms.

          Occasionally we can omit letters or entire words in English without
changing the meaning.  But "also" seems to be a contraction of "all so", i.e.
the translation of a word from Old English.  That's as brief as it gets.  :-Q



 AH>  When my usual resources define "strainer" as "sieve"
 AH>  and vice versa, I'd say they regard these two words
 AH>  as synonyms (n.)... or as synonymous (adj.) *with each
 AH>  other*.  Synonyms are words which have +/- the same
 AH>  meaning....  :-)

 DM>  What is synonym of 2 of them?


          It's often said there are no exact synonyms in English... and while
the "rule" may have "exceptions", a pair like this is all I can come up with.

          Since you are interested in cooking, however... the larger version,
equipped with three or four legs & used to drain bulky food items like cooked
spaghetti or fresh lettuce leaves, is known around here as a "colander".  :-)




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