Litotes and Oxymoron

Litotes noun - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).

Oxymoron and litotes are semantically related in turn of expression topic. In some cases you can use "Oxymoron" instead a noun "Litotes".

Oxymoron noun - Conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence').

Litotes and oxymoron are semantically related in turn of expression topic. You can use "Litotes" instead a noun "Oxymoron".