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Importance vs Tapinosis - What's the difference?

importance | tapinosis |

As nouns the difference between importance and tapinosis

is that importance is the quality or condition of being important or worthy of note while tapinosis is (rhetoric) a figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.

importance

English

Noun

(-)
  • The quality or condition of being important or worthy of note
  • significance or prominence
  • personal status or standing

    • tapinosis

    English

    Noun

    (tapinoses)
  • (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.

    • Synonyms

    * (rhetoric) abbaser, meiosis

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