Noun: troponymy
- (linguistics) the semantic relation between verbs where one describes a more specific manner of doing the action of another
"The verb 'sprint' is in a troponymy relation to 'run', as it specifies a manner of running"
- The place names of a region or a language considered collectively
"The study of troponymy reveals much about the history and culture of an area";
- troponomy
Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, semantic relation
Encyclopedia: Troponymy