Ellipsis vs Ellipse - What's the difference?
ellipsis | ellipse |
(typography) A mark consisting of three periods, historically with spaces in between, before, and after them “ . . . ”, nowadays a single character “” Ellipses are used to indicate that words have been omitted in a text or that they are missing or illegible.
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(grammar, rhetoric) The omission of a grammatically required word or phrase that can be inferred.
(film) The omission of scenes in a film that do not advance the plot.
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(geometry) A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.
(grammar) To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
Ellipse is a related term of ellipsis.
As nouns the difference between ellipsis and ellipse
is that ellipsis is He is faster than she. (Here, a trailing “is fast” is omitted, grammatically required, and implied. while ellipse is a closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.As a verb ellipse is
to remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.ellipsis
English
(wikipedia ellipsis)Noun
(ellipses) {{examples-right, sense=grammar, examples= * He is faster than she. (Here, a trailing “is fast” is omitted, grammatically required, and implied.) * She went home, so I did, too.'' (''Did stands for “went home”.) }}Girls with Slingshots: 114
- CARD: Hey Baby. Thanks for the … last night. Love you!
- HAZEL: Wow. I’ve never despised an ellipsis so much in my life.
The 1910s: 219
- It was now possible for writers and directors to cut scenes that did not further the plot; called "ellipses " by filmmakers.
Synonyms
* (typography indicating omission) dot dot dotellipse
English
(wikipedia ellipse)Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* oval (in non-technical use )Verb
(ellips)- In B's response to A's question:- (A: Would you like to go out?, B: I'd love to), the words that are ellipsed are go out.