Phonaesthesia vs. Synaesthesia

Phonaesthesia vs. Synaesthesia — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Phonaesthesia and Synaesthesia

Phonaesthesianoun

(linguistics) Any correspondence between the sound of a word and its meaning; examples include onomatopoeia and the use of phonaesthemes.

Synaesthesianoun

A neurological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation.

Synaesthesianoun

(by extension) The association of one sensory perception with, or description of it in terms of, a different perception that is not experienced at the same time.

Synaesthesianoun

A literary or artistic device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another.

Synaesthesianoun

a sensation that normally occurs in one sense modality occurs when another modality is stimulated

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