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Terms vs Merism - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between terms and merism

is that terms is while merism is (literature|rhetoric) referring to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".

terms

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Noun

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    merism

    English

    Noun

  • (literature, rhetoric) Referring to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
  • (literature, rhetoric) Referring to something by a list of its parts.