Diaphora

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The diaphora ( Greek  διαφορά , 'diversity'), also diaphora , is a rhetorical figure. It denotes the repetition of the same word in different meanings.

In oral use, homophones are also suitable for this play on words .

Examples

  • Take care of eight people.
  • When liars call liars liars, lies lies lies.
  • Getting lighter lighter (advertising a diet)
  • When flies fly behind, flies fly after.
  • Nestroy, Liebesgeschichten und Heurathssachen 2, 7: “Buchner: Tell me, Nebel, you are a crazy guy, what do you think of the female sex? - Nebel: Yes, of one gender, what cannot be held is difficult to hold “.

Examples with homophones

  • Despite the abandonment of his studies he was allowed to become a teacher. Mailbox emptier.
  • The forest was full of bears: blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, grizzly bears ...
  • Theodore, the hero who lasts! ( Schlager by Theo Lingen about a football goalkeeper )
  • Who does nothing becomes a host.
  • When I see a lake, I don't need the sea anymore.