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Magnified vs Adynaton - What's the difference?

magnified | adynaton |

As an adjective magnified

is having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.

As a verb magnified

is (magnify).

As a noun adynaton is

(rhetoric) a form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility.

magnified

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having been visually enlarged by the process of magnification.
    • The image was magnified by eight times.

    Synonyms

    * enlarged

    Verb

    (head)
  • (magnify)

    • adynaton

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (rhetoric) A form of hyperbole that uses exaggeration so magnified as to express impossibility

    • See also

    * ("adynaton" on Wikipedia)