In response to blip #128309

this is how it is in english too, i think. i'm actually learning about this in a semantics/pragmatics class right now
the first type you mention above is called "complementary antonyms" (can only be one or the other)
second would probably be closest to "reverse antonyms" (denoting change or motion in one direction or the other)
and the third is "gradable antonyms", with the two words being extremes on a spectrum (with any number of degrees in between)
funnily enough i just took an exam over this subject matter earlier today

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