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Paraphrase vs Periphrasis - What's the difference?

paraphrase | periphrasis |

As a verb paraphrase

is .

As a noun periphrasis is

the use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "i am going to" instead of "i will".

paraphrase

English

(wikipedia paraphrase)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning.

    • Derived terms

    * paraphrastic * paraphrastical * paraphrastically

    See also

    * Etymology of translation * metaphrase

    Verb

    (paraphras)
  • To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.

    • periphrasis

    English

    (wikipedia periphrasis)

    Noun

    (periphrases)
  • The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
  • (linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.
  • (rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a species of circumlocution)
  • (rhetoric) The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.

    • Related terms

    * periphrase * periphrastic

    Synonyms

    * beat around the bush * circumlocution

    References

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