The difference between Paradox and Shocker
When used as nouns, paradox means an apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa, whereas shocker means one who or that which shocks or startles.
check bellow for the other definitions of Paradox and Shocker
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Paradox as a noun:
An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa.
Examples:
"This sentence is false" is a paradox."
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Paradox as a noun:
A counterintuitive conclusion or outcome.
Examples:
"It is an interesting paradox that drinking a lot of water can often make you feel thirsty."
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Paradox as a noun:
A claim that two apparently contradictory ideas are true.
Examples:
"Not having a fashion is a fashion; that's a paradox."
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Paradox as a noun:
A thing involving contradictory yet interrelated elements that exist simultaneously and persist over time.
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Paradox as a noun:
A person or thing having contradictory properties.
Examples:
"He is a paradox; you would not expect him in that political party."
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Paradox as a noun:
An unanswerable question or difficult puzzle, particularly one which leads to a deeper truth.
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Paradox as a noun (obsolete):
A statement which is difficult to believe, or which goes against general belief.
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Paradox as a noun (uncountable):
The use of counterintuitive or contradictory statements (paradoxes) in speech or writing.
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Paradox as a noun (uncountable, philosophy):
A state in which one is logically compelled to contradict oneself.
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Paradox as a noun (uncountable, psychotherapy):
The practice of giving instructions that are opposed to the therapist's actual intent, with the intention that the client will disobey or be unable to obey.
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Shocker as a noun (colloquial):
One who or that which shocks or startles.
Examples:
"The election results were a real shocker."
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Shocker as a noun:
A device for giving electric shocks.
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Shocker as a noun:
A particular hand gesture with a sexual connotation.
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Shocker as a noun:
Sexual act related to the shocker hand gesture: two in the pink, one in the stink.