Asyndeton is a hyponym of brachylogy.
In rhetoric|lang=en terms the difference between asyndeton and brachylogy
is that asyndeton is (rhetoric) a stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, clauses while brachylogy is (rhetoric) any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!" (brachyology).
As nouns the difference between asyndeton and brachylogy
is that asyndeton is (rhetoric) a stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, clauses while brachylogy is concise speech; laconism.
asyndeton
English
Noun
(asyndeton)
(en-noun)
(rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which conjunctions are deliberately omitted from a series of words, phrases, clauses.
Hypernyms
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Related terms
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See also
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brachylogy
English
Alternative forms
* brachyology, brachylogia
Noun
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concise speech; laconism
(rhetoric) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!" (brachyology).
Hyponyms
* (rhetoric) zeugma, syllepsis, apokoinou, compendious comparison, praegnans constructio, asyndeton, aposiopesis
See also
* ellipsis
