Metonymy vs Simile - What's the difference?
metonymy | simile |
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%}} A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using like'' or ''as .
* 1925 , Fruit of the Flower , by
As nouns the difference between metonymy and simile
is that metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object while simile is (l) (figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another).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%}}
Coordinate terms
* metaphorHypernyms
* trope, figure of speechHyponyms
* synecdoche, synecdochyDerived terms
* metonymous * metonym * metonymicSee also
* ("metonymy" on Wikipedia) * metalepsis *simile
English
Noun
(en-noun)- A simile is like a metaphor.
- My father is a quiet man -- With sober, steady ways; -- For simile , a folded fan; -- His nights are like his days.