what's the word for a word that is a d ifferen't word backwards?
ex: STOP is POTS backwards, no I'm not talking about a palindrome such as RACECAR
2007-01-12 08:25:09 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
What a great question!
Semordnilap ("semordnilap" is "palindrome" backwards) are words or phrases that spell different words/phrases backwards. Semordnilaps are also called reversegrams and heteropalindromes.
A couple examples are:
desserts - stressed
guns - snug
keep - peek
2007-01-12 08:46:03 · answer #1 · answered by EmKay 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The example you gave - stop/pots is a palindrome, so I am not exactly sure what you mean??
2007-01-12 08:29:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both of your answers are examples of Palindromes. But you might be thinking of Anagrams?
2007-01-12 08:36:00 · answer #3 · answered by seweccentric 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be a palindromic word.
2007-01-12 08:30:14 · answer #4 · answered by Robert B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here is what I found in the Thesaurus:
acrostic, amphibologism, amphiboly, anagram, anastrophe, calembour, chiasmus, corruption, equivocality, equivoque, hypallage, hyperbaton, hysteron proteron, jeu de mots, logogram, logogriph, malapropism, metagram, metastasis, metathesis, missaying, parenthesis, paronomasia, play on words, pun, punning, spoonerism, synchysis, tmesis.
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2007-01-12 08:34:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
all of those are palindromes
2007-01-12 08:34:14 · answer #6 · answered by GrundleGoat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why don't you ask dog?
2007-01-12 09:03:53 · answer #7 · answered by less than 32 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋