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Periphrasis vs Periphrases - What's the difference?

periphrasis | periphrases |

As nouns the difference between periphrasis and periphrases

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 periphrases is .

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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    periphrases

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • circumlocutions.
  • * De Quincey
    • To describe by enigmatic periphrases .
  • use of syntactic rather than morphological constructions.
    • Language learners sometimes use periphrases like "did go" where a native speaker would use "went".

    Verb

    (head)
  • (periphrase)