👉 Compaternity in linguistics refers to the ability of a word or phrase to be used as a synonym for another word or phrase, regardless of their meaning. This is similar to the concept of "compatibility" in chemistry, where two substances are compatible when they react with each other to form a desired product. In everyday language, compaternity can refer to the similarity between two words or phrases that have different meanings but still work together well in context. For example, the word "mystery"
