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Eponym and Figure of speech

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Eponym and Figure of speech

Eponym vs. Figure of speech

An eponym is a person, place, or thing after whom or after which something is named, or believed to be named. A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase.

Similarities between Eponym and Figure of speech

Eponym and Figure of speech have 2 things in common (in Unionpedia): Antonomasia, Metonymy.

Antonomasia

In rhetoric, antonomasia is a kind of metonymy in which an epithet or phrase takes the place of a proper name, such as "the little corporal" for Napoleon I. Conversely, antonomasia can also be using a proper name as an archetypal name, to express a generic idea.

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Metonymy

Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a thing or concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.

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Eponym and Figure of speech Comparison

Eponym has 132 relations, while Figure of speech has 162. As they have in common 2, the Jaccard index is 0.68% = 2 / (132 + 162).

References

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