Metonymy vs Symbolism - What's the difference?
metonymy | symbolism |
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%}} Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
(obsolete) A combining together of parts or ingredients.
As nouns the difference between metonymy and symbolism
is that metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object while symbolism is representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.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%}}
