Periphrastic vs Circumlocutory - What's the difference?
periphrastic | circumlocutory |
Expressed in more words than are necessary.
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Indirect in naming an entity; circumlocutory.
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(grammar) Characterized by periphrasis.
Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic; verbose.
As adjectives the difference between periphrastic and circumlocutory
is that periphrastic is expressed in more words than are necessary while circumlocutory is characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic; verbose.periphrastic
English
Adjective
(-)An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway
- As poetry it does not measure up to Aasen; as translation it is periphrastic , arbitrary, not at all faithful.
- "That was a way of putting it—not very satisfactory/ A periphrastic study in a worn-out poetical fashion/ Leaving one still with the intolerable wrestle / With words and meanings."
Vril: The Power of the Coming Race
- In writing, they deem it irreverent to express the Supreme Being [… and] in conversation they generally use a periphrastic epithet, such as the All-Good .
- “The daughter of the man” may be used as a periphrastic synonym for “the man’s daughter”.
circumlocutory
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. -Chambers's Journal.
