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Incongruity vs Antithesis - What's the difference?

incongruity | antithesis |

As nouns the difference between incongruity and antithesis

is that incongruity is the state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence while antithesis is a proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

incongruity

English

Noun

(incongruities)
  • The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
  • An instance or point of disagreement; a dissimilarity; a discrepancy; an inconsistency.
  • A thing that is incongruous.

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    antithesis

    English

    Noun

    (antitheses)
  • A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
  • (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.

    • Antonyms

    * epitome

    Related terms

    * antithetical