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Metonomy vs Synecdoche - What's the difference?

metonomy | synecdoche |

As nouns the difference between metonomy and synecdoche

is that metonomy is while synecdoche is (figure of speech) a figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole.

metonomy

English

Noun

(head)

    • synecdoche

    English

    (wikipedia synecdoche)

    Alternative forms

    * syndoche, synechdoche

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (figure of speech) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole.
  • * 2002 , (Christopher Hitchens), "Martin Amis: Lightness at Midnight", The Atlantic , Sep 2002:
    • "Holocaust" can become a tired syndecdoche for war crimes in general.
  • (rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech; synecdochy.

    • Synonyms

    * (part for the whole) pars pro toto

    Hypernyms

    * metonymy

    Derived terms

    * synecdochy * synecdochic * synecdochical * synecdochically

    Related terms

    * docetism * meronymy

    See also

    * metaphor * metonymy * (wikipedia "synecdoche") ----