Troponymy is the presence of a ‘manner’ relation between two lexemes. The notion was originally proposed by Christiane Fellbaum and George Miller. Some examples they gave are `to nibble is to eat in a certain manner, and to gorge is to eat in a different manner. Similarly, to traipse or to mince is to walk in some manner”. Troponymy is one..... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troponymy