Euphimism vs Metonymy - What's the difference?
euphimism | metonymy |
Euphimism has no English definition.
The use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.
(countable) A metonym.
{{examples-right, caption=metonymy , examples=*The White House released its official report today. — "The White House" for "The presidential administration"
* The Crown has enacted a new social security policy. — "The Crown" for "The government of the United Kingdom".
* A crowd of fifty heads — where "head" stands for person.
* Put it on the plastic — material (plastic) for object (credit card), width=60%}}
Euphimism is likely misspelled.
Euphimism has no English definition.
As a noun metonymy is
the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.euphimism
Not English
Euphimism has no English definition. It may be misspelled.metonymy
English
(wikipedia metonymy)Noun
* The Crown has enacted a new social security policy. — "The Crown" for "The government of the United Kingdom".
* A crowd of fifty heads — where "head" stands for person.
* Put it on the plastic — material (plastic) for object (credit card), width=60%}}