different between catachrestic vs catachresis

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????????? (katakhr?stikós), from ?????????? (katákhr?sis, “misuse of words”)

Adjective

catachrestic (comparative more catachrestic, superlative most catachrestic)

1. Constituting or related to catachresis.

Synonyms

• catachrestical
• malapropian
• malapropic
• malapropistic

English

Alternative forms

• catechresis, katachresis (both 17th century, obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin catachr?sis, borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????????? (katákhr?sis, “misuse (of a word)”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæt.??k?i?.s?s/

Noun

catachresis (plural catachreses)

1. A misuse of a word; an application of a term to something which it does not properly denote.
   1. (often, especially) Such a misuse involving some similarity of sound between the misused word and the appropriate word.
2. (rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly-applied metaphor or trope.

Synonyms

• (misuse of a word, regardless of similar sounds): misnomer
• (misuse of a word, with similar sounds): malapropism
• ((rhetoric) bad metaphor or trope): abusio

Related terms

• catachresized
• catachrestic
• catachrestical
• catachrestically

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