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Paraleipsis vs Praeteritio - What's the difference?

paraleipsis | praeteritio |

As nouns the difference between paraleipsis and praeteritio

is that paraleipsis is (rhetoric|linguistics) a figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it, as in: "i will not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice" while praeteritio is paraleipsis.

paraleipsis

English

Alternative forms

* paralepsis, paralipsis

Noun

{{examples-right, * needless to say * not to mention}} (paraleipses)
  • (rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it, as in: "I will not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice".

    • See also

    * apophasis

    praeteritio

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • paraleipsis
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 4, author=Editorial, title=Editorial: In praise of ... Cicero, work=The Guardian citation
    • , passage=Two millennia after his death, his speeches remain the model for modern orators, his tricks and tropes - tricolon, anaphora, praeteritio and the like - are still the stock in trade of the public speaker.}}