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Periphrasis vs Ambage - What's the difference?

periphrasis | ambage |

As nouns the difference between periphrasis and ambage

is that 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" while ambage is (especially in plural) ambiguity; circumlocution.

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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    ambage

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (especially in plural) ambiguity; circumlocution
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