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Understatement vs Antithesis - What's the difference?

understatement | antithesis |

As nouns the difference between understatement and antithesis

is that understatement is a disclosure or statement that is less than complete while antithesis is a proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.

understatement

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • a disclosure or statement that is less than complete
  • restraint or lack of emphasis, especially for ironic effect

    • Related terms

    * understate

    See also

    * overstatement ----

    antithesis

    English

    Noun

    (antitheses)
  • A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
  • (rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form.

    • Antonyms

    * epitome

    Related terms

    * antithetical