Malapropism vs Paraprosdokian - What's the difference?
malapropism | paraprosdokian |
(uncountable) The blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar sounding one.
(countable) An instance of this; malaprop.
Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.
: "Where there's a will, I want to be in it" is a paraprosdokian .
As nouns the difference between malapropism and paraprosdokian
is that malapropism is (uncountable) the blundering use of an absurdly inappropriate word or expression in place of a similar sounding one while paraprosdokian is figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation.malapropism
English
(wikipedia malapropism)Noun
(en noun)- The script employed malapropism to great effect.
- The translator matched every malapropism in the original with one from his own language.
- The humor comes from all the malapropisms .
