metonymy

As nouns the difference between metonymy and oxymoron

is that metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object while oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two words with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.

As nouns the difference between metonymy and dichotomy

is that metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object while dichotomy is a separation or division into two; a distinction that results in such a division.

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As a noun metonymy is

the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object.

As nouns the difference between metonymy and symbolism

is that metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object while symbolism is representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.

As nouns the difference between metonymy and irony

is that metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object 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 metonymy and hypocatastasis

is that metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object while hypocatastasis is the implication or declaration of a comparison that does not directly invoke both objects of the comparison.

As nouns the difference between metonymy and holonymy

is that metonymy is the use of a single characteristic or name of an object to identify an entire object or related object while holonymy is a semantic relation that exists between a term denoting a whole (the holonym) and a term denoting a part that pertains to the whole (the meronym).