There are synonyms – words that have similar meaning.
There are homonyms – words that sound alike but have different meaning.
There are antonyms – words that have opposite meaning.
But what about words that sound similar, have different meaning, yet a subtle relationship actually exists if you look hard enough? What should we call these?
Case in point: incompetence versus incontinence.
When you are surrounded by either, everything seems to turn to shit.
