oxymoron definition and examples-oxymoron vs paradox
oxymoron definition and examples-oxymoron vs paradox
oxymoron definition
A figure of speech in which incongruous or contradictory terms appear side by side. (Example- I see a wild civility.)
Oxymorons from Everyday life
* Open secret
* Tragic comedy
* Disgustingly delicious
* Seriously funny
* Awfully pretty
* Awfully delicious
* Awfully good
* Run slowly
* Happy sad
* Orginal Copy
* Random Order
* Virtual reality
* Alone together
* Amazing awful
* Only choice
* Walking dead
* Painfully Beautiful
* Clearly confused
* Pretty ugly
* Liquid gas
* Dark snow
* Least Favorite
* Sad joy
* Liquid Food
* Heavy diet
* Noticeable Absence
* Quiet Presence
* Short wait
* Sweet Agony
Examples Of Oxymoron
> I can resist anything except temptation. Oscar wilde.
> I like a smuggler. He is the only honest theif. - Charles Lamb
> And faith unfaithful Kept him falsely true.- Alfred Tennyson.
> Modern Dancing is so old fashioned.- Samuel goldwyn
> I am busy doing nothing.- Oxymorons
> A little pain never hurt anyone.- Word Explorations
> I am a deeply superficial person.- Andy Warhol
> We are not anticipating any emergencies.- Word
> I like humanity, but i loathe persons.- Edna st. Vincent Millay
Difference Between oxymoron and Paradox
It is important to understand the difference between a paradox and an oxymoron. A paradox may consist of a sentence or even a group of sentences. An oxymoron ,on the other hand, is a combination of two contradictory or opposite words. A paradox seems contradictory to the general truth but it does contain an implied truth. An oxymoron however, May produce a dramatic effect but does not make sense.
Examples of Oxymorons in Literature
example 1:
Why ,then, O brawling love! O loving hate!
O anything ,of nothing first create!
Oh heavy lightness! Seriously vanity!
Misshapen chaos of well_seeming forms!
Feather of lead ,bright smoke,cold fire, sick health!
Still-waking sleep,that is not what it is!
This love feel I, That feel no love in this.
Dost thou not laugh?
example 2:
The bookful bestow him,and will answer well
The death i give him. so ,again ,good night.
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