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Preterition vs Pretermission - What's the difference?

preterition | pretermission |

As nouns the difference between preterition and pretermission

is that preterition is the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting while pretermission is omission (act of omitting to do something).

preterition

English

Alternative forms

* praeterition *

Noun

  • The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
  • A rhetorical device in which the speaker emphasizes something by omitting it.
    • I do not intend to draw attention to my heroic military service; Instead, I will focus on the economy.
  • (legal) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in his will.

    • pretermission

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • omission (act of omitting to do something)
    • (Milton)
  • preterition

    • Related terms

    * pretermit