As nouns the difference between metathesis and metalepsy
is that metathesis is (prosody) the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/ while metalepsy is (chemistry|archaic) exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis.
metathesis
Noun
(metatheses)
(prosody) the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word, such as in ask as /æks/
(inorganic chemistry) the double decomposition of inorganic salts
(organic chemistry) the breaking and reforming of double bonds in olefins in which substituent groups are swapped
Related terms
* metathetic
* metathesize
See also
* spoonerism
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metalepsy
English
Noun
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(chemistry, archaic) Exchange; replacement; substitution; metathesis.
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Webster 1913)