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PARADOX? OR OXYMORON?

Oxymoron vs. Paradox

An OXYMORON is a combination of contradictory words that are stuck together in a way that actually seems to make sense.

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open secret larger half act naturally alone together found missing liquid gas deafening silence seriously funny Advanced BASIC tragic comedy virtual reality definite maybe pretty ugly same difference almost exactly jumbo shrimp minor crisis wise fool exact estimate only choice

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by William Shakespeare sweet sorrow from Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

is an extended OXYMORON. A PARADOX is an extended OXYMORON.

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Are these paradoxes or oxymorons? O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything of nothing first created! O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-meaning forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this. --Romeo