different between malaphor vs catachresis

English

Etymology

Blend of malapropism +? metaphor; attributed to Lawrence Harrison in the Washington Post article "Searching for Malaphors" (Aug. 6, 1976).

Noun

malaphor (plural malaphors)

1. (rare) An idiom blend: an error in which two similar figures of speech are merged, producing an often nonsensical result.

Synonyms

• Dundrearyism

Anagrams

• amphoral

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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