They are definitely not synonyms, that would mean they mean the same thing wich they definitely do not. They are antonyms.
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Rhetorical question?
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I think so apologies if not
Answer:The first real rise in Byzantine power, however, was in 526 CE, when the emperor Justinian rose to power in Constantinople and started a conquest that would stretch across the Mediterranean, recapturing most of the formal Roman Empire
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An independent clause is a sentence or part of one that can stand alone.
So I have a feeling that the first one is correct as "My sister and I love to cook" and "we spend hours cooking together" can both stand alone yet are joined by a semicolon.
I hope this has helped
Pretty sure its to create an image or can be A influence the reader.
