Tripe vs Trope - What's the difference?
tripe | trope |
The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
The entrails; hence, humorously or in contempt, the belly; -- generally used in the plural.
Something disparaged as valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).
(literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales. Similar to archetype and but not necessarily pejorative.
A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
(music) A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
(music) A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.
(music) A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
(Judaism) A cantillation pattern, or the mark that represents it.
To use, or embellish something with a trope.
(often, literature) To turn into, coin or create a new trope.
(often, literature) To analyze a work in terms of its literary tropes.
To think or write in terms of tropes.
As nouns the difference between tripe and trope
is that tripe is the lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food while trope is something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales. Similar to archetype and cliché but not necessarily pejorative.As a verb trope is
to use, or embellish something with a trope.tripe
English
Noun
(en-noun)See also
* (food) chitterlingsNoun
trope
English
Noun
(wikipedia trope) (en noun)Derived terms
* troper * tropist * tropical * tropologyVerb
(trop)Synonyms
* tropifyReferences
*External links
* * * *TV TropesSite with numerous current examples of tropes.