Difference between Pun and Paronomasia

What is the difference between Pun and Paronomasia?

Pun as a noun is a joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused. while Paronomasia as a noun is a pun or play on words

Pun

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To tell a pun, to make a play on words.

Example sentence: A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

Paronomasia

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a pun or play on words

We hope you now know whether to use Pun or Paronomasia in your sentence.

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