Jan van Steenbergen:
> It appears to me, that "meaning" is not just a set of fixed
> milestones. Just like colours, all meanings seem to be part
> of one big continuum, instead. Every culture, every language
> picks its own points from that continuum and attaches names
> to them in the form of words.
>
> In other words, whether or not two words can be considered
> homonyms, is culturally determined.
>
> I'm wondering how loglangers handle this problem. Or don't
> they consider this a problem at all?
I don't understand your point. Are you confusing homonyms
(words with same sound & different meaning) with synonyms
(words with different sound & same meaning)?
--And.