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Is the verb usage of "ladle" considered verbing?
From ladle to ladle, From verb to verb
It was verbing/verbification when it was verbed/verbified. The noun ladle was verbed to the verb ladle long time ago, as early as 1525 per OED1; thus, any use of ...
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What do we call minimal pairs (words differ by only a single sound) that have similar meanings?
They are paronyms (see etymology here, if interested). Wikipedia defines them as:
Paronyms are words that are pronounced or written in a similar way but which have different lexical meanings.
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