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Near Minimal Pair

• Definition: Similar to a minimal pair, but whereas the words in a minimal pair are identical apart from the contrastive sounds, the words in a near-minimal are only almost identical, apart from the contrastive sounds.

  Source: Language Files, eleventh edition, edited by Vedrana Mihalicek and Christin Wilson