figure of speech vs synecdoche

figure of speech and synecdoche both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
figure of speech	Yes	No	No	No
synecdoche	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, synecdoche is a hyponym of figure of speech; that is, synecdoche is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than figure of speech:

figure of speech: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
synecdoche: substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa

Other hyponyms of figure of speech include conceit, irony, exaggeration, hyperbole, kenning, metaphor, metonymy, oxymoron, personification, prosopopoeia, simile, zeugma, hypotyposis.

figure of speech (noun)	synecdoche (noun)
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense	substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa

figure of speech vs synecdoche

figure of speech and synecdoche both are nouns.

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