Metaphoric and Sylleptic

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Metaphoric adjective - Expressing one thing in terms normally used for another.

Usage example: an author fond of such metaphorical phrases as “the desert was a fiery furnace”

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Sylleptic and metaphoric are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sylleptic" instead an adjective "Metaphoric".

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Metaphoric and sylleptic are semantically related. You can use "Metaphoric" instead an adjective "Sylleptic".

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