get

do & make

Examples for connotation

"The cola is cool" (non-connotative) 

"The film was cool" (connotative).

• ‘ We have two chickens.’

• ‘ He is such a chicken’

• In first sentence it is an animal. But in second sentence it is not animal it refers to ‘coward’

A quote

"The ambiguities of language, both in terms of vocabulary and

syntax, are fascinating: how important connotation is, what is 

lost and what is gained in the linguistic transition."

Marilyn Hacker

Connotation of new & used

Connotation of green