hypocatastasis

As nouns the difference between hypocatastases and hypocatastasis

is that hypocatastases is while hypocatastasis is (uncountable|figure of speech) the implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison.

Simile is a see also of hypocatastasis.

As nouns the difference between simile and hypocatastasis

is that simile is (l) (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another) while hypocatastasis is (uncountable|figure of speech) the implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison.

As nouns the difference between metonymy and hypocatastasis

is that metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object while hypocatastasis is the implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison.

In uncountable figure of speech terms the difference between metaphor and hypocatastasis

is that metaphor is the use of a word or phrase to refer to something that it isn’t, invoking a direct similarity between the word or phrase used and the thing described, but in the case of English without the words like or as, which would imply a simile while hypocatastasis is the implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison.

In countable rhetoric terms the difference between metaphor and hypocatastasis

is that metaphor is the word or phrase used in this way. An implied comparison while hypocatastasis is the word or phrase used in this way. An implied comparison.

Idiom is a see also of hypocatastasis.

As nouns the difference between idiom and hypocatastasis

is that idiom is idiom while hypocatastasis is (uncountable|figure of speech) the implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison.

Analogy is a see also of hypocatastasis.

As nouns the difference between analogy and hypocatastasis

is that analogy is a relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation while hypocatastasis is (uncountable|figure of speech) the implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison.