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Allusion vs Alliteration - What's the difference?

allusion | alliteration |

As nouns the difference between allusion and alliteration

is that allusion is an indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication while alliteration is the repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.

allusion

Noun

(en noun)
  • An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.
  • alliteration

    English

    (Webster 1913)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The repetition of consonants at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
  • The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.