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Advertising frequently uses this kind of metonymy, putting a product in close proximity to something desirable in order to make an indirect association that would seem crass if made with a direct comp ...

The White House said" would be a metonymy for the president and his staff, because the White House (A) is not part of the president nor of his staff

When the distinction is made, it is the following: when "A" is used to refer to "B", it is a synecdoche if A is a component of B and a metonym if A is commonly associated with B bu ...

wherein a specific part of something is used to refer to the whole, usually is understood as a specific kind of metonymy. Sometimes, however, people make an absolute distinction between a metonymy and ...

Metonymy of this kind, thus, helps define a person or thing through a set of mutually reinforcing associations rather than through a comparison.