Allusion vs Synecdoche - What's the difference?
allusion | synecdoche |
An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication.
(figure of speech) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole.
* 2002 , (Christopher Hitchens), "Martin Amis: Lightness at Midnight", The Atlantic , Sep 2002:
(rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech; synecdochy.
As nouns the difference between allusion and synecdoche
is that allusion is allusion while synecdoche is (figure of speech) a figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole.allusion
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(wikipedia allusion)Noun
(en noun)synecdoche
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(wikipedia synecdoche)Alternative forms
* syndoche, synechdocheNoun
(en noun)- "Holocaust" can become a tired syndecdoche for war crimes in general.
