As nouns the difference between synecdoche and trope
is that
synecdoche is (figure of speech) a figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole while
trope is (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.
As a verb trope is
to use, or embellish something with a trope.
synecdoche Alternative forms
* syndoche, synechdoche
Noun
( en noun)
(figure of speech) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole.
* 2002 , (Christopher Hitchens), "Martin Amis: Lightness at Midnight", The Atlantic , Sep 2002:
- "Holocaust" can become a tired syndecdoche for war crimes in general.
(rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech; synecdochy.
Synonyms
* (part for the whole) pars pro toto
Hypernyms
* metonymy
Derived terms
* synecdochy
* synecdochic
* synecdochical
* synecdochically
Related terms
* docetism
* meronymy
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trope English
Noun
( wikipedia trope)
( en noun)
(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.
Derived terms
* troper
* tropist
* tropical
* tropology
Verb
(trop)
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.
Synonyms
* tropify
Related terms
* tropable
Related terms
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References
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* TV Tropes Site with numerous current examples of tropes.
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