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Synecdoche vs Metonymy

Synecdoche uses a part to describe the whole, e.g., "all hands on deck".

Metonymy uses a related concept to refer to another concept, e.g. using "Washington D.C." to refer to the U.S. Government or using "suit" to describe a business-person

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Created: 2021-09-16 Thu 01:23