Antonym vs. Oxymoron
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Difference Between Antonym and Oxymoron
Antonymnoun
(semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
“rich” is an antonym of “poor”; “full” is an antonym of “empty”Oxymoronnoun
A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.
Antonymnoun
A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.
Oxymoronnoun
A contradiction in terms.
Antonymnoun
two words that express opposing concepts;
to him the opposite of gay was depressedOxymoronnoun
conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
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