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What is the difference between antiphrasis and antithesis?

antiphrasis | antithesis |

In context|rhetoric|lang=en terms the difference between antiphrasis and antithesis

is that antiphrasis is (rhetoric) use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect while antithesis is (rhetoric) a device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.

As nouns the difference between antiphrasis and antithesis

is that antiphrasis is (rhetoric) use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect while antithesis is a proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

antiphrasis

English

Noun

  • (rhetoric) Use of a word or phrase in a sense not in accord with its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect
  • Anagrams

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    antithesis

    English

    Noun

    (antitheses)
  • A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
  • (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.
  • Antonyms

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