Amphiboly vs Amphibole - What's the difference?
amphiboly | amphibole |
(grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.
* 1931 , Adrian Coates, "Philosophy as Criticism and Point of View," Philosophy , vol. 6, no. 23, p. 339,
* 1987 , Jeffrey Buechner, "Radically Misinterpreting Radical Interpretation," The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism , vol. 45, no. 4, p. 410,
As nouns the difference between amphiboly and amphibole
is that amphiboly is (grammar) an ambiguous grammatical construction while amphibole is (geology) a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium/aluminum.amphiboly
English
(wikipedia amphiboly)Noun
(amphibolies)- By logical errors I mean such simple things as Equivocation, Amphiboly , and Begging the Question.
- The language might be fraught with word ambiguity or sentence amphiboly .