periphrasis

In rhetoric terms the difference between litotes and periphrasis

is that 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 while periphrasis is the use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.

As a verb paraphrase

is .

As a noun periphrasis is

the use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "i am going to" instead of "i will".

As nouns the difference between periphrasis and ambage

is that periphrasis is the use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "i am going to" instead of "i will" while ambage is (especially in plural) ambiguity; circumlocution.

As nouns the difference between paraphrasing and periphrasis

is that paraphrasing is a paraphrased statement while periphrasis is the use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".

As a verb paraphrasing

is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between periphrasis and periphrases

is that periphrasis is the use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "i am going to" instead of "i will" while periphrases is .

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and periphrasis

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while periphrasis is the use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "i am going to" instead of "i will".

As nouns the difference between periphrasis and euphemism

is that periphrasis is the use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will" while euphemism is fib for lie