figure of speech vs rhetorical device

figure of speech and rhetorical device both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
figure of speech	Yes	No	No	No
rhetorical device	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rhetorical device is a hypernym of figure of speech; that is, rhetorical device is a word with a broader meaning than figure of speech:

figure of speech: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

figure of speech (noun)	rhetorical device (noun)
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense	a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

figure of speech vs rhetorical device

figure of speech and rhetorical device both are nouns.

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