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Decadal Antimetabole

Vsauce Jun 10, 2025 22:49
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Antimetabole vs. Chiasmus. What's the difference? Up until yesterday, I didn't know the distinction was marked by separate words. BUT I'm learning everyday 😎 Antimetabole is the reversed repetition of words or phrases. For example: "Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure" - Lord Byron. In "chiasmus," similar concepts or grammatical structures are repeated and reversed, but not necessarily the same words. For example: "It's HARD to MAKE time, but to WASTE it is EASY" 🎷
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