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Paraleipsis vs Proslepsis - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between paraleipsis and proslepsis

is that paraleipsis is (rhetoric|linguistics) a figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it, as in: "i will not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice" while proslepsis is (rhetoric) the pretence of passing over a subject while at the same time describing it fully.

Prolepsis vs Proslepsis - What's the difference?

prolepsis | proslepsis |


In rhetoric terms the difference between prolepsis and proslepsis

is that prolepsis is the assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it while proslepsis is the pretence of passing over a subject while at the same time describing it fully.

Taxonomy vs Proslepsis - What's the difference?

taxonomy | proslepsis |


As nouns the difference between taxonomy and proslepsis

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while proslepsis is (rhetoric) the pretence of passing over a subject while at the same time describing it fully.