Vicariiously vs Pleonasm - What's the difference?
vicariiously | pleonasm |
(uncountable, rhetoric) Redundancy in wording.
* 1993 , Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford ,
* Dec 14, 2007 , Ryan North, Dinosaur Comics ,
(countable) A phrase involving pleonasm, that is, a phrase in which one or more words are redundant as their meaning is expressed elsewhere in the phrase.
vicariiously
Not English
Vicariiously has no English definition. It may be misspelled.pleonasm
English
(wikipedia pleonasm)Noun
- My salvation is in my Saviour who saveth me hence the redundancy and pleonasm of my asseveration.
- pleonasm is the additional and extra use of added, spare, unnecessary, redundant (superfluous or surplus), unneeded, and uncalled-for words in addition to, and on top of, what is necessary or essential. Or required. Or obligatory or vital or requisite or crucial. Or needed?
- "The two of them are both the same" is a pleonasm (as the word "both" is redundant), as is "killed dead".