/ˈpɒliˌsim/  |  PAUL-ee-seem

Polysemy is the semantic relation among identical words of affiliated or derived meaning.   A polyseme can be as simple as a word with multiple similar contexts (mattress pad / paw pad / mouse pad), but they are more interesting and useful when they cross part-of-speech borders.  If we say “He will bat the bat with a bat,” bat (swat) and bat (baseball) are polysemes, whereas they are merely homonyms with bat (animal).

Other examples:

• The slog makes you slog through your creative endeavors.
• Police police police police police police police.

Polysemy.  Use it.

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