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heteronymous
Heteronymous refers to words that are different but that have a common relationship. (noun)
An example of words that are heteronymous are the words "brother" and "sister" which are different but have a common relationship in that the brother is the sibling of the sister and vice versa.
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See heteronymous in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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