Metonym vs Metalepsis - What's the difference?
metonym | metalepsis |
A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.
(rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.
As nouns the difference between metonym and metalepsis
is that metonym is a word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy while metalepsis is a rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which is itself a metonym; more broadly, a metaphor consisting of a series of embedded metonyms or rhetorical substitutions.metonym
English
Noun
(en noun)- Calling the monarch "your majesty" is using a metonym .
