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Apparition vs Locution - What's the difference?

apparition | locution |

As nouns the difference between apparition and locution

is that apparition is an act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility while locution is a phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.

apparition

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
  • The sudden apparition of the Spaniards. – .
    The apparition of Lawyer Clippurse occasioned much speculation in that portion of the world. – .
  • The thing appearing; a visible object; a form.
  • Which apparition , it seems, was you. – Tatler.
  • An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially something such as a ghost or phantom.
  • The heavenly bands . . . a glorious apparition. – .
    I think it is the weakness of mine eyes That shapes this monstrous apparition .
  • (astronomy) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured;—opposed to occultation.
  • Synonyms

    * (act of becoming visible) appearance * (a preternatural appearance) vision * See also

    locution

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A phrase or expression connected to an individual or a group of individuals through repeated usage.
  • The television show host is widely recognized for his all-too-common locutions .
  • The use of a word or phrase in an unusual or specialized way.
  • * 1992 , Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
  • So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".
  • A supernatural revelation where a religious figure, statue or icon speaks, usually to a saint.
  • Derived terms

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