Synecdoche vs. Synecdochical

Synecdochenoun

(figure of speech) A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part.

Synecdochenoun

(rhetoric) The use of this figure of speech.

Synecdochenoun

A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc.

Synecdochenoun

substituting a more inclusive term for a less inclusive one or vice versa

Synecdoche

A synecdoche ( sin-NEK-də-kee, from Greek συνεκδοχή, synekdochē, 'simultaneous understanding') is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa.A synecdoche is a class of metonymy, often by means of either mentioning a part for the whole or conversely the whole for one of its parts. Examples from common English expressions include (for ), and (for ) (pars pro toto).

Synecdochicaladjective

Using an inclusive term for something included, or vice versa; using something spoken of as the whole (hand for laborer) or vice versa (the court for the judge).

Synecdochicaladjective

Expressed by synecdoche; implying a synecdoche.

Synecdochicaladjective

using the name of a part for that of the whole or the whole for the part; or the special for the general or the general for the special; or the material for the thing made of it;