Metonymy & Synechdoche

Hy guys,, my explanation now is about METONYMY  & SINECDOCHE what is METONYMY and  SINECHDOCHE & the example? Okey, let’s check it out..

1.     Definition of matonymy

Metonymy is an allegory in which the thing or concept that is not called by the name of its own, but as something that is closely related to the thing or concept. Example: here are some examples of metonymy: Crown. (To the power of the King.) The White House. (Referring to the American Government.) Dish. (To see the entire plate of food.) The Pentagon. (For Department of Defense and the Office of the armed forces of the United States.) The Pen. (. For the written word) Sword-(for military power.) Hollywood. (For U.S. Theaters.) The Hand. (. To Consider this quote help) which is a proverbial metonimis United Kingdom was created by writer Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839 for His play Richelieu, or the Conspiracy: " pen is sharper than the sword ".

Yap.. so many people get a mistake to equalize metonymy with sinecdoche. Sinecdoche is the majas where  one part of thing has been presentation that thing, for the example is “ a wheel” that could be meaning “a car”

Metonymy also always equalize with metaphor, although it looks same but the both of them is different. Methaphor is where a thing equalize with another thing and it’s not has relation.

Metonymy is different with sinechdoche and methaphor although it’s looks same. Metonymy is when mention the name of things with the characteristics or the thing that have the relation. The example:

v  The white house claims that they welcome syrian refugee

“the white house” above is showing about the American goverment

v  The Pentagon - to refer to the staff

v  The restaurant - to refer to the staff

v  Ears - for giving attention ("Lend me your ears!" from Mark Antony in Julius Caesar)

v  Eyes - for sight

v  The library - for the staff or the books

2.    Definition of sinechdoche

Synecdoche is a rhetorical trope and a type of figurative speech similar to metonymy, a figure of speech in which a term that denotes one thing is used to refer to a related thing.^[4][5] Indeed, synecdoche is sometimes considered a subclass of metonymy. It is more distantly related to other figures of speech, such as metaphor.

More rigorously, metonymy and synecdoche can be considered subspecies of metaphor, intending metaphor as a type of conceptual substitution (as Quintilian does in Institutio oratoria Book VIII). In Lanham's Handlist of Rhetorical Terms,^[7] the three terms have somewhat restrictive definitions, arguably in tune with a certain interpretation of their etymologies from Greek:

• Metaphor: changing a word from its literal meaning to one not properly applicable but analogous to it; assertion of identity rather than likeness, as with simile.
• Metonymy: substitution of cause for effect, proper name for one of its qualities, etc.

Sinecdoche is the majas where  one part of thing has been presentation that thing, for the example is “ a wheel” that could be meaning “a car”

Synecdoche Examples from Everyday Life

It is very common to refer to a thing by the name of its parts. Let us look at some of the examples of synecdoche that we can hear from casual conversations:

• The word “bread” refers to food or money as in “Writing is my bread and butter” or “sole breadwinner”.
• The phrase “gray beard” refers to an old man.
• The word “sails” refers to a whole ship.
• The word “suits” refers to businessmen.
• The word “boots” usually refers to soldiers.
• The term “coke” is a common synecdoche for all carbonated drinks.