Trope vs Cliche – What’s the difference?

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Trope vs Cliche - What's the difference?
As nouns the difference between trope and cliche is that trope is (literature) something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales similar to archetype and but not necessarily pejorative while cliche is .

As a verb trope is to use, or embellish something with a trope.

trope

English

Noun

(wikipedia trope )
(en noun )

  • (literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales. Similar to archetype and but not necessarily pejorative.
  • A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
  • (music) A short cadence at the end of the melody in some early music.
  • (music) A phrase or verse added to the mass when sung by a choir.
  • (music) A pair of complementary hexachords in twelve-tone technique.
  • (Judaism) A cantillation pattern, or the mark that represents it.

    • Derived terms

    * troper
    * tropist
    * tropical
    * tropology

    Verb

    (trop)

  • To use, or embellish something with a trope.
  • (often, literature) To turn into, coin or create a new trope.
  • (often, literature) To analyze a work in terms of its literary tropes.
  • To think or write in terms of tropes.

    • Synonyms

    * tropify

    Related terms

    * tropable

    Related terms

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    References

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    External links

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    * TV Tropes Site with numerous current examples of tropes.

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    cliche

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cliche

    Noun

    (wikipedia cliché )
    (en noun )

  • Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.
    • The villain kidnapping the love interest in a film is a bit of a cliché .
  • (printing) A stereotype (printing plate).

    • Usage notes

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    Synonyms

    * platitude
    * stereotype
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