Many people see only a small difference between an oxymoron
and a paradox. Usually they find it difficult to figure out the difference between
the two terms. Although there are no hard rules that differentiate an oxymoron and
a paradox, upon closer examination some differences can be observed.
While a paradox is a statement or a group of statements, oxymoron is
a only a combination of two contradictory terms. Paradox is apparently a true statement,
which leads to a situation that is counter-intuitive. It includes a whole sentence, while an oxymoron comes with only two or three words that contradict each other.For example "Freedom is slavery" is a paradox, because it is a sentence, while "cold fire" is only a sentence fragment. Simply put, paradox is considered to be an action that is contradictory and oxymoron is just a description, or a phrase.
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