What's the difference between paraleipsis and paralepsis?

Paraleipsis


Definition:

  • (n.) A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice."

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Paralepsis


Definition:

  • (n.) See Paraleipsis.

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