tapinosis

In rhetoric terms the difference between tapinosis and litotes

is that tapinosis is a figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits while litotes is a figure of speech in which the speaker emphasizes the magnitude of a statement by denying its opposite; a figure of speech in which understatement is used with negation to express a positive attribute; a form of irony.

As nouns the difference between tapinosis and irony

is that tapinosis is (rhetoric) a figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits while irony is a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.

As an adjective irony is

of or pertaining to the metal iron.

As nouns the difference between tapinoses and tapinosis

is that tapinoses is while tapinosis is (rhetoric) a figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.

Abbaser is a synonym of tapinosis.

In rhetoric|lang=en terms the difference between abbaser and tapinosis

is that abbaser is (rhetoric) tapinosis while tapinosis is (rhetoric) a figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.

As nouns the difference between abbaser and tapinosis

is that abbaser is (rhetoric) tapinosis while tapinosis is (rhetoric) a figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.

As nouns the difference between importance and tapinosis

is that importance is the quality or condition of being important or worthy of note while tapinosis is (rhetoric) a figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.