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Parenthesis vs Italics - What's the difference?

parenthesis | italics |

As nouns the difference between parenthesis and italics

is that parenthesis is a clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes while italics is (typography|pluralonly) letters in an italic typeface.

parenthesis

English

Noun

(parentheses)
  • A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
  • Either of a pair of brackets, especially round brackets, (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
  • (rhetoric) A digression; the use of such digressions.
  • * 2009 , :
    • Ryan Bingham'': I thought I was a part of your life. ''Alex Goran'': I thought we signed up for the same thing... I thought our relationship was perfectly clear. You are an escape. You're a break from our normal lives. You're a parenthesis . ''Ryan Bingham : I'm a parenthesis?
  • (mathematics, logic) Such brackets as used to clarify expressions by grouping those terms affected by a common operator, or to enclose the components of a vector or the elements of a matrix.

    • Synonyms

    * parenthetical expression * (brackets) round bracket * paren (abbreviation, for the meaning "round bracket") * See also

    Derived terms

    * parenthetic * parenthetic, parenthetical * parenthesise, parenthesize

    Anagrams

    * * English nouns with irregular plurals

    italics

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (typography, pluralonly) letters in an italic typeface.
    • There is no need to put the whole paragraph in italics .
  • (usually plural but sometimes singular in construction) exaggerated intonation or some similar oral speech device by which one or more words is heavily and usually affectedly emphasized or otherwise given sharp prominence
  • * Margaret Long:
    • was yapping, her silly voice fraught with italics .
  • * W.J.Locke:
    • a woman who has an irritating way of speaking in italics

    See also

    * italic