Metonymy vs Eponym - What's the difference?
metonymy | eponym |
The use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.
(countable) A metonym.
{{examples-right, caption=metonymy , examples=*The White House released its official report today. — "The White House" for "The presidential administration"
* The Crown has enacted a new social security policy. — "The Crown" for "The government of the United Kingdom".
* A crowd of fifty heads — where "head" stands for person.
* Put it on the plastic — material (plastic) for object (credit card), width=60%}} The name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.
A word formed from a real or fictive person’s name.
As nouns the difference between metonymy and eponym
is that metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object while eponym is the name of a real or fictitious person whose name has, or is thought to have, given rise to the name of a particular item.metonymy
English
(wikipedia metonymy)Noun
* The Crown has enacted a new social security policy. — "The Crown" for "The government of the United Kingdom".
* A crowd of fifty heads — where "head" stands for person.
* Put it on the plastic — material (plastic) for object (credit card), width=60%}}
Coordinate terms
* metaphorHypernyms
* trope, figure of speechHyponyms
* synecdoche, synecdochyDerived terms
* metonymous * metonym * metonymicSee also
* ("metonymy" on Wikipedia) * metalepsis *eponym
English
(wikipedia eponym)Noun
(en noun)- ''Romulus is the eponym of Rome.
- ''Rome is an eponym of Romulus.
- Alzheimer's disease, boycott, Columbia, stentorian, sandwich and Victorian are examples of eponyms .