Antonomasia vs Metonymy - What's the difference?
antonomasia | metonymy |
The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun
Use of a proper name to suggest its most obvious quality or aspect.
The use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.
(countable) A metonym.
{{examples-right, caption=metonymy , examples=*The White House released its official report today. — "The White House" for "The presidential administration"
* The Crown has enacted a new social security policy. — "The Crown" for "The government of the United Kingdom".
* A crowd of fifty heads — where "head" stands for person.
* Put it on the plastic — material (plastic) for object (credit card), width=60%}}
As nouns the difference between antonomasia and metonymy
is that antonomasia is {{cx|rhetoric|lang=en}} The substitution of an epithet or title in place of a proper noun while metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.antonomasia
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Noun
See also
* ("antonomasia" on Wikipedia) ----metonymy
English
(wikipedia metonymy)Noun
* The Crown has enacted a new social security policy. — "The Crown" for "The government of the United Kingdom".
* A crowd of fifty heads — where "head" stands for person.
* Put it on the plastic — material (plastic) for object (credit card), width=60%}}