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Synecdoche vs Epithet - What's the difference?

synecdoche | epithet |

As nouns the difference between synecdoche and epithet

is that synecdoche is (figure of speech) a figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole while epithet is a term used to characterize a person or thing.

synecdoche

English

(wikipedia synecdoche)

Alternative forms

* syndoche, synechdoche

Noun

(en noun)
  • (figure of speech) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole.
  • * 2002 , (Christopher Hitchens), "Martin Amis: Lightness at Midnight", The Atlantic , Sep 2002:
    • "Holocaust" can become a tired syndecdoche for war crimes in general.
  • (rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech; synecdochy.

    • Synonyms

    * (part for the whole) pars pro toto

    Hypernyms

    * metonymy

    Derived terms

    * synecdochy * synecdochic * synecdochical * synecdochically

    Related terms

    * docetism * meronymy

    See also

    * metaphor * metonymy * (wikipedia "synecdoche") ----

    epithet

    English

    Noun

    {{examples-right, sense=biology: part of scientific name of plants, fungi and bacteria, examples=*In Cannabis sativa'' the word ''sativa is a specific epithet . * In Festuca ovina'' subsp. ''guestphalica'' the word ''guestphalica is an infraspecific epithet .}} (en noun)
  • A term used to characterize a person or thing.
  • A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person.
  • An abusive or contemptuous word or phrase.
  • * {{quote-book, year=2006, title=The Price of Whiteness: Jews, Race, and American Identity?, author=Eric L. Goldstein
    • , passage=Part of this process was the elaboration of new terms for the Jew, especially the increasingly popular epithet “kike”.}}
  • (biology) A word in the scientific name of a taxon following the name of the genus or species. This applies only to formal names of plants, fungi and bacteria. In formal names of animals the corresponding term is the specific name.

    • Synonyms

    * (descriptive substitute) cognomen