Paronym vs Metonymy - What's the difference?
paronym | metonymy |
(semantics) A word derived from the same root as another word.
(rare) A word that sounds like another word.
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%}}
As nouns the difference between paronym and metonymy
is that paronym is (semantics) a word derived from the same root as another word while metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.paronym
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(en noun)metonymy
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(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%}}