Phonaesthesia vs. Synaesthesia
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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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