What's the difference between metalepsis and metaleptic?

Metalepsis


Definition:

  • (n.) The continuation of a trope in one word through a succession of significations, or the union of two or more tropes of a different kind in one word.

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Metaleptic


Definition:

  • (a.) Of or pertaining to a metalepsis.
  • (a.) Transverse; as, the metaleptic motion of a muscle.
  • (a.) Of, pertaining to, concerned in, or occurring by, metalepsy.

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