The difference between Oxymoron and Tautology

When used as nouns, oxymoron means a figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect, whereas tautology means redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.


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  1. Oxymoron as a noun:

    A figure of speech in which two words or phrases with opposing meanings are used together intentionally for effect.

  2. Oxymoron as a noun (loosely, sometimes, _, proscribed):

    A contradiction in terms.

  1. Tautology as a noun (uncountable):

    Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.

    Examples:

    "It is tautology to say, "Forward Planning"."

  2. Tautology as a noun (countable):

    An expression that features tautology.

    Examples:

    "The expression "raze to the ground" is a tautology, since the word "[[raze]]" includes the notion "to the ground"."

  3. Tautology as a noun (countable, logic):

    In propositional logic: a statement that is true for all truth values of its propositional variables. In first-order logic: a statement that is true for all truth values of its Boolean atoms.

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