What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Cliche vs Epistle - What's the difference?

cliche | epistle |

As nouns the difference between cliche and epistle

is that cliche is (overused phrase or expression) while epistle is a letter, or a literary composition in the form of a letter.

As a verb epistle is

(obsolete) to write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.

cliche

English

Alternative forms

* cliche

Noun

(wikipedia cliché) (en noun)
  • Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.
    • The villain kidnapping the love interest in a film is a bit of a cliché .
  • (printing) A stereotype (printing plate).

    • Usage notes

    * The alternative spelling .)

    Synonyms

    * platitude * stereotype * See also

    Derived terms

    *

    Anagrams

    * ----

    epistle

    English

    (wikipedia epistle)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A letter, or a literary composition in the form of a letter.
  • * 1748 — (David Hume), , Section III, § 5.
    • he may be hurried from this plan by the vehemence of thought, as in an ode, or drop it carlessly, as in an epistle or essay
  • (Christianity) One of the letters included as a book of the New Testament.
  • * 1956 — Werner Keller (translated by William Neil), The Bible as History , revised English edition, Chapter 41, page 358
    • Even last century scholars had begun to search for the cities in Asia Minor whose names have become so familiar to the Chistian world through the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles of St. Paul.

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    Related terms

    * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l) * (l)

    Verb

    (epistl)
  • (obsolete) To write; to communicate in a letter or by writing.
    • (Milton)