How to replace a string using a dictionary containing multiple values for a key in python

Question

I have dictionary with Word and its closest related words.

I want to replace the related words in the string with original word. Currently I am able replace words in th

Answer 1

I think you can replace by new dict with regex from this answer:

d = {'Indian': 'India, Ind, ind.',
 'Restaurant': 'Hotel, Restrant, Hotpot',
 'Pub': 'Bar, Baar, Beer',
 '1888': '188, 188., 18'}

d1 = {r'(?

EDIT (Function for the above code):

def replace_words(d, col):
    d1={r'(?

EDIT1:

If get errors like:

regex error- missing ), unterminated subpattern at position 7

is necessary escape regex values in keys:

import re

def replace_words(d, col):
    d1={r'(?