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Transumptive vs Metaphorical - What's the difference?

transumptive | metaphorical |

As adjectives the difference between transumptive and metaphorical

is that transumptive is metaphorical while metaphorical is pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.

transumptive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • metaphorical
    • A transumptive kind of speech. — Drayton.
    Fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive , and withal definitive. — Lowell.
    (Webster 1913)

    metaphorical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.