Catachresis

Definition:

• (n.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles". Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.

Compare catachresis with other words:

abusio vs. catachresis

catachresis vs. malapropism

catachresis vs. catachrestical

catachresis vs. catachrestic

catachresis vs. trope

catachresis vs. metaphor

catachresis vs. wrong

catachresis vs. description

analogical vs. catachresis

catachresis vs. figurative

catachresis vs. misapplication

catachresis vs. denote

catachresis vs. term

application vs. catachresis

catachresis vs. word

catachresis vs. misuse

catachresis vs. misnomer