stylistic

Language: en

🇺🇸 /staɪˈlɪstɪk/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Relating to or concerning style, especially in literature, art, music, or language.; Pertaining to the study of style in language use (stylistics), analyzing how linguistic choices create meaning and effect.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more stylistic Superlative: most stylistic

Collocations

stylistic choicestylistic featuresstylistic analysisstylistic differencesstylistic elementsstylistic variation

Derivatives

stylisticallystylisticsstyliststylestylish

Synonyms

rhetoricalliteraryaestheticformal

Commonly confused

stylish
EN: 'Stylish' means fashionable or trendy in appearance; 'stylistic' means relating to style in language, art, or technique.
stylistics
EN: 'Stylistics' is a noun referring to the academic study of linguistic or literary style; 'stylistic' is the adjective form.

Spelling tips

EN: Do not confuse 'stylistic' (relating to style) with 'stylish' (fashionable). Note the '-istic' ending, not '-ish'.

💬 Examples

  1. The author made several stylistic changes to improve the flow of the narrative.

  2. A stylistic analysis of the poem revealed its heavy use of alliteration and metaphor.