Synecdoche vs Trope - What's the difference?
synecdoche | trope |
(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:
(rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech; synecdochy.
(literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales. Similar to archetype and but not necessarily pejorative.
A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
(music) A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
(music) A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.
(music) A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
(Judaism) A cantillation pattern, or the mark that represents it.
To use, or embellish something with a trope.
(often, literature) To turn into, coin or create a new trope.
(often, literature) To analyze a work in terms of its literary tropes.
To think or write in terms of tropes.
As nouns the difference between synecdoche and trope
is that synecdoche is a figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole while trope is something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales. Similar to archetype and cliché but not necessarily pejorative.As a verb trope is
to use, or embellish something with a trope.synecdoche
English
(wikipedia synecdoche)Alternative forms
* syndoche, synechdocheNoun
(en noun)- "Holocaust" can become a tired syndecdoche for war crimes in general.
Synonyms
* (part for the whole) pars pro totoHypernyms
* metonymyDerived terms
* synecdochy * synecdochic * synecdochical * synecdochicallySee also
* metaphor * metonymy * (wikipedia "synecdoche") ----trope
English
Noun
(wikipedia trope) (en noun)Derived terms
* troper * tropist * tropical * tropologyVerb
(trop)Synonyms
* tropifyReferences
*External links
* * * *TV TropesSite with numerous current examples of tropes.