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Euphimism vs Metonymy - What's the difference?

euphimism | metonymy |

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.

English words similar to 'euphimism':

euphemism, evangelism, epimysium, eponychium, euphonism

metonymy

Noun

  • 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%}}

    Coordinate terms

    * metaphor

    Hypernyms

    * trope, figure of speech

    Hyponyms

    * synecdoche, synecdochy

    Derived terms

    * metonymous * metonym * metonymic

    See also

    * ("metonymy" on Wikipedia) * metalepsis *