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Connotation vs Innuendo - What's the difference?

connotation | innuendo |

As nouns the difference between connotation and innuendo

is that connotation is a meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in while innuendo is a derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication or insinuation.

connotation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A meaning of a word or phrase that is suggested or implied, as opposed to a denotation, or literal meaning. A characteristic of words or phrases, or of the contexts that words and phrases are used in.
    • The connotations of the phrase "you are a dog" are that you are physically unattractive or morally reprehensible, not that you are a canine.
  • A technical term in logic used by J. S. Mill and later logicians to refer to the attribute or aggregate of attributes connoted by a term, and contrasted with denotation .
    • The two expressions "the morning star" and "the evening star" have different connotations but the same denotation (i.e. the planet Venus).

    Antonyms

    * denotation

    Synonyms

    * intension

    Related terms

    * connotative * connotatively

    References

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    External links

    innuendo

    English

    (wikipedia innuendo)

    Alternative forms

    * (archaic) inuendo

    Noun

  • A derogatory hint or reference to a person or thing. An implication or insinuation.
    • She made a devious innuendo about her husband, who was embarrassed.
  • (logic) A rhetorical device with an omitted, but obvious conclusion, made to increase the force of an argument.