Metonomy is a literary device, encompassing word play and figures of speech to quickly and colorfully convey an image. This device uses an association between two concepts, substituting one term for another. For example, the bench may refer to the high desk behind which a judge sits while the press is commonly understood to mean journalists. If someone mentioned parliament, it would be understood to refer to the British government. Return to top Exploring Later . . . You may also want to explore the following entries in the post on “Figures of Speech”: metonymy, metaphor, metalepsis, polysemy, synecdoche, and toponymy. Return to top Linguistics and Word Confusions sometimes . . . . . . involve the same words as it does here in this post on “Metonymy”. Whereas a Word Confusion is a pair (or more) of words that are confused spelling-wise with each other, Linguistics may jump in because of the confusion involved in how the words are used within the structural rules and principles of English. As I discover more examples, also-known-ases, and additions, I’ll update this post. If you have a suggestion, I would appreciate you contacting me. If you found this post on “Metonymy” interesting, […]