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Kenning vs Litote - What's the difference?

kenning | litote |

As nouns the difference between kenning and litote

is that kenning is (obsolete) sight; view; a distant view at sea or kenning can be the tread of an egg; cicatricula or kenning can be a metaphorical phrase used in germanic poetry (especially old english or old norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way, such as ‘whale road’ for ‘sea’, or ‘enemy of the mast’ for ‘wind’ while litote is an instance of litotes.

As a verb kenning

is .

kenning

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl), derivative of (etyl) . More at (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Sight; view; a distant view at sea.
  • (obsolete) Range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
  • As little as one can recognise or discriminate; a small portion; a little.
    • put in a kenning of salt

    Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    From .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The tread of an egg; cicatricula.

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl), from . Compare can, ken, keen.

    Noun

    (wikipedia kenning) (en noun)
  • A metaphorical phrase used in Germanic poetry (especially Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way, such as ‘whale road’ for ‘sea’, or ‘enemy of the mast’ for ‘wind’.

    • litote

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of litotes.

    • Anagrams

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