Kenning vs Metonymy - What's the difference?
kenning | metonymy |
(obsolete) Sight; view; a distant view at sea.
(obsolete) Range or extent of vision, especially at sea; (by extension) a marine measure of approximately twenty miles.
As little as one can recognise or discriminate; a small portion; a little.
A metaphorical phrase used in Germanic poetry (especially Old English or Old Norse) whereby a simple thing is described in an allusive way, such as ‘whale road’ for ‘sea’, or ‘enemy of the mast’ for ‘wind’.
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%}}
As nouns the difference between kenning and metonymy
is that kenning is sight; view; a distant view at sea while metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.As a verb kenning
is present participle of lang=en.kenning
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), derivative of (etyl) . More at (l).Noun
(en noun)- put in a kenning of salt
Verb
(head)Etymology 2
From .Etymology 3
From (etyl), from . Compare can, ken, keen.Noun
(wikipedia kenning) (en noun)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%}}