Hypallage vs Synecdoche - What's the difference?
hypallage | synecdoche |
(rhetoric, grammar) A construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears grammatically applied to another, often used as literary device.
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(figure of speech) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole.
* 2002 , (Christopher Hitchens), "Martin Amis: Lightness at Midnight", The Atlantic , Sep 2002:
(rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech; synecdochy.
As nouns the difference between hypallage and synecdoche
is that hypallage is a construction in which a modifier with meaning associated with one word appears grammatically applied to another, often used as literary device while synecdoche is a figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole.hypallage
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Noun
(en noun)Synonyms
* transferred epithetSee also
* (wikipedia "hypallage")synecdoche
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(wikipedia synecdoche)Alternative forms
* syndoche, synechdocheNoun
(en noun)- "Holocaust" can become a tired syndecdoche for war crimes in general.
