parallelisms
Balanced grammatical patterns
Parallelisms is the plural of parallelism—instances of parallel structure or correspondence.
In rhetoric and writing, parallelisms are constructions where phrases or clauses follow the same grammatical pattern: The speech was full of effective parallelisms.
The term also applies to similarities or correspondences between things: Critics noted the parallelisms between the two novels.
Exchanged written communication
- similarityState of being alike
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
- equivalenceState of being equal
- matchingIdentical in appearance
alignment · mirroring · congruence · symmetry · patterning · echoing · correlation · concordance
Invariance under transformation
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- chiasmusInverted parallel construction
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
- repetitionAct of redoing
rhetoric · anaphora · epistrophe · prose · poetry · structure · cadence · emphasis
Shared characteristics between things
- analogiesComparative resemblances drawn
- correspondencesMutual relations or similarities
- connectionsRelationships between things
- resemblancesShared visual or abstract qualities
echoes · affinities · convergences · likenesses · kinships · comparisons · correlations · links
Biblical book of songs
- ProverbsBiblical book of aphorisms
- synonymousIdentical in meaning
- antitheticalDiametrically opposed to
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
verse · scripture · couplets · strophes · liturgical · prophetic · Ecclesiastes · canticle
Passing strand through opening
- concurrentHappening at once
- processingSystematic operation on data
- distributedDivided and given out
- GPUVisual processing hardware
vectorization · multicore · synchronization · scalability · algorithm · array · loop · execution
correspondence
Exchanged written communication
- similarityState of being alike
- analogyExplanatory likeness between things
- equivalenceState of being equal
matching · alignment · mirroring · congruence · symmetry · patterning · echoing · correlation · concordance · recurrence
symmetry
Invariance under transformation
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- chiasmusInverted parallel construction
- balanceSteadiness or amount owed
repetition · rhetoric · anaphora · epistrophe · prose · poetry · structure · cadence · emphasis · oratory
similarities
Shared characteristics between things
- analogiesComparative resemblances drawn
- correspondencesMutual relations or similarities
- connectionsRelationships between things
resemblances · echoes · affinities · convergences · likenesses · kinships · comparisons · correlations · links · concordances
Psalms
Biblical book of songs
- ProverbsBiblical book of aphorisms
- synonymousIdentical in meaning
- antitheticalDiametrically opposed to
synthetic · verse · scripture · couplets · strophes · liturgical · prophetic · Ecclesiastes · canticle · sacred
threading
Passing strand through opening
- concurrentHappening at once
- processingSystematic operation on data
- distributedDivided and given out
GPU · vectorization · multicore · synchronization · scalability · algorithm · array · loop · execution · partitioning
parallelismsasymmetries
Unequal corresponding parts
divergences · discrepancies · incongruities · disparities · irregularities
parallelismschiasmus
Inverted parallel construction
asymmetry · variation · irregularity · imbalance · sentence fragments
parallelismsconvergences
Acts of meeting together
intersections · divergences · crossings · perpendiculars · perpendicularity