rhetorical device vs hendiadys

hendiadys vs rhetorical device

rhetorical device and hendiadys both are nouns.

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

As nouns, hendiadys is a hyponym of rhetorical device; that is, hendiadys 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)
hendiadys: use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier

Other hyponyms of rhetorical device include anacoluthia, anacoluthon, asyndeton, repetition, anastrophe, inversion, antiphrasis, antithesis, antinomasia, apophasis, aposiopesis, apostrophe, catachresis, chiasmus, climax, conversion, ecphonesis, exclamation, emphasis, enallage, epanorthosis, epiplexis, 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)	hendiadys (noun)
a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)	use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier

Difference between rhetorical device and hendiadys

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