rhetorical device vs emphasis

emphasis vs rhetorical device

rhetorical device and emphasis both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
rhetorical device	Yes	No	No	No
emphasis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, emphasis is a hyponym of rhetorical device; that is, emphasis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than rhetorical device:

rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
emphasis: special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.

Other hyponyms of rhetorical device include anacoluthia, anacoluthon, asyndeton, repetition, anastrophe, inversion, antiphrasis, antithesis, antinomasia, apophasis, aposiopesis, apostrophe, catachresis, chiasmus, climax, conversion, ecphonesis, exclamation, enallage, epanorthosis, epiplexis, hendiadys, hypallage, hyperbaton, hypozeugma, hypozeuxis, hysteron proteron, litotes, meiosis, onomatopoeia, paraleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsis, preterition, paregmenon, polysyndeton, prolepsis, wellerism, figure, figure of speech, image, trope, dialogism, epiphonema, antimetathesis.

rhetorical device (noun)	emphasis (noun)
a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)	intensity or forcefulness of expression
	the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)
	special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.
	special importance or significance

Difference between rhetorical device and emphasis

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