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Amplify vs Synonymia - What's the difference?

amplify | synonymia |

As a verb amplify

is to render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.

As a noun synonymia is

(rhetoric) the use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term a kind of repetition that adds force.

amplify

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • To render larger, more extended, or more intense, and the like;—used especially of loudspeakers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.
  • (rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or discussion; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand; to make much of.
  • * Dryden
  • Troilus and Cressida was written by a Lombard author, but much amplified by our English translator.
  • To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
  • synonymia

    English

    Noun

    (synonymiae)
  • (rhetoric) The use of two or more synonyms together to amplify or explain a given subject or term. A kind of repetition that adds force.
  • * 2007', Sylvia Adamson, "'''Synonymia , or in other words", in Anderson, ''et al.'', ''Renaissance figures of speech , page 29
  • At its simplest (sometimes called synonymia simplex), it takes the form of synonymous words arranged in doublets, .

    Synonyms

    * synonymy

    Hyponyms

    * parelcon

    See also

    * ("synonymia" on Wikipedia) ----