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title: "Pun and Zeugma"
description: "I want to write about Pun and Zeugma. It is very interesting. Pun – the use of one word in two dif..."
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# Pun and Zeugma

> I want to write about Pun and Zeugma. It is very interesting. Pun – the use of one word in two dif...

I want to write about Pun and Zeugma. It is very interesting.

**Pun** – the use of one word in two different applications/meanings, or the use of two different words, which are pronounced alike.

![Pun and Zeugma](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/seleznevakseniya/Hg05GHmkbkb6mG5uMGq3XBiYEuAyGW.jpg)

So, this stylistic device has 2 types: 1) using one polysemantic word in several meanings simultaneously in one and the same context.

For example:

![Pun and Zeugma](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/seleznevakseniya/QaNGG1saoH7B28NUadsV4K0cyaxpLU.jpg)

2) the use or two words that together sound like another one word and both variants can be used in this context.

For example:

![Pun and Zeugma](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/seleznevakseniya/1wXXk4z4N6R5mpAG40FLGZAYFGbXJ3.jpg)

**Zeugma** – the use of one word in the same grammatical but different semantic relations: on one hand literal, and on other, transferred. Zeugma has a formula:

![Pun and Zeugma](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/seleznevakseniya/o2Z7Ay06W08fzf8x4Ryn8ZWyP9oA63.jpg)

Where A and B do not grammatically together.

 

For example:

![Pun and Zeugma](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/seleznevakseniya/5ZyKKk76hq4hfRT51P4BFjaZvMMmck.jpg)

She saw a film with child and great interest.

One else example:

![Pun and Zeugma](https://storage.yvision.kz/images/user/seleznevakseniya/44mPC6kHXnOu36b0Ye1839q0jKNXU0.jpg)

Zeugma is the realization of two meaning with the help of a verb. Pun is more independent. It depends on the context.

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Source: [https://yvision.kz/post/pun-and-zeugma-340432](https://yvision.kz/post/pun-and-zeugma-340432)