What's the difference between catachresis and catachrestic?

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.

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  • (1) Catachresis (M) (a tool is used for an unusual purpose or a machine is required to exceed normal work load).

Catachrestic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Catachrestical

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