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Fatimah0786 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

'Oxymoron' Vs 'misnomer' and 'shy' Vs 'bashful'

1.What is the difference between the words, 'Oxymoron', 'paradox', 'contradiction' and 'misnomer'? Eg.'Benevolent dictator' is an oxymoron. If I replace the word with 'misnomer' 'paradox' or 'contradiction' how will the meaning change?
2.What is the difference between the words, 'shy' and 'bashful'?

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fatimah0786 Oxymoron Two single words that do not logically go together. eg. military intelligence fatimah0786 paradox Two statements that do not logically seem to go together but may be true.

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fatimah0786Oxymoron
Two single words that do not logically go together.
eg.

military intelligence
fatimah0786paradox
Two statements that do not logically seem to go together but may be true.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others.
He has a PhD in English Literature, and yet he does n
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Great detailed explanation, as usual, A-Emotion: stars ---Thanks!
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Thanks a lot AlpheccaStars for taking sometime out for answering the question. Your reply was very helpful.Emotion: smile

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