Antonym vs. Oxymoron

Antonym vs. Oxymoron — Is There a Difference?
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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 depressed

Oxymoronnoun

conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

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