What's it called when you switch the order of two words around, completely changing their meaning?
For example, simply childish becomes childishly simple.
Or wonderfully sarcastic becomes sarcastically wonderful.
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Sign up to join this communityWhat's it called when you switch the order of two words around, completely changing their meaning?
For example, simply childish becomes childishly simple.
Or wonderfully sarcastic becomes sarcastically wonderful.
is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed grammatical order (e.g., "I know what I like, and I like what I know")