Term: irony: a trope that involves incongruity between what is expected and what occurs
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: bengali: a Magadhan language spoken by the Bengali people; the official language of Bangladesh and Bengal
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: apple of peru: coarse South American herb grown for its blue-and-white flowers followed by a bladderlike fruit enclosing a dry berry
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: casework: close sociological study of a maladjusted person or family for diagnosis and treatment
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: touch typing: typewriting in which the fingers are trained to hit particular keys; typist can read and type at the same time
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: scuba diver: an underwater diver who uses scuba gear
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: caesalpinia: small spiny tropical trees or shrubs; includes the small genus or subgenus Poinciana
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: quasar: a starlike object that may send out radio waves and other forms of energy; many have large red shifts
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: carrier pigeon: a homing pigeon used to carry messages
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: parish: a local church community
Broader: trope: language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense | Unrelated: spinet: a small and compactly built upright piano