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Anagnorisis vs Metathesis - What's the difference?

anagnorisis | metathesis |

As nouns the difference between anagnorisis and metathesis

is that anagnorisis is the moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations while metathesis is the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks.

anagnorisis

English

Noun

(wikipedia anagnorisis) (anagnorises)
  • The moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations.

    • metathesis

    English

    (wikipedia metathesis)

    Noun

    (metatheses)
  • (prosody) the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/
  • (inorganic chemistry) the double decomposition of inorganic salts
  • (organic chemistry) the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped

    • Related terms

    * metathetic * metathesize

    See also

    * spoonerism

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