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figure of speech vs metonymy

metonymy vs figure of speech

figure of speech and metonymy both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
figure of speech Yes No No No
metonymy Yes No No No
As nouns, metonymy is a hyponym of figure of speech; that is, metonymy is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than figure of speech:
  • figure of speech: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
  • metonymy: substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
Other hyponyms of figure of speech include conceit, irony, exaggeration, hyperbole, kenning, metaphor, oxymoron, personification, prosopopoeia, simile, synecdoche, zeugma, hypotyposis.
figure of speech (noun) metonymy (noun)
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense substituting the name of an attribute or feature for the name of the thing itself (as in `they counted heads')
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