malaphor |
metalepsis |
As nouns the difference between malaphor and metalepsis
is that
malaphor is an idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing a nonsensical result while
metalepsis is (rhetoric) a rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.
metalepses |
metalepsis |
As nouns the difference between metalepses and metalepsis
is that
metalepses is while
metalepsis is (rhetoric) a rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.
metalepsis |
metaleptic |
As a noun metalepsis
is (rhetoric) a rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.
As an adjective metaleptic is
of or pertaining to metalepsis.