Epiphora vs. Epistrophe — What's the Difference?

(rhetoric) epistrophe

Epistrophe (Greek: ἐπιστροφή, "return") is the repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences. It is also known as epiphora and occasionally as antistrophe.

(medical) Excessive tear production usually a result from an irritation of the eye.

The deliberate repetition of a word or phrase at the end of several successive verses, clauses, or paragraphs, as "government of the people, by the people, for the people" (Abraham Lincoln).

(botany) Polystachya (a genus of orchids).

(rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or words at the end of successive phrases, clauses or sentences.

The watery eye; a disease in which the tears accumulate in the eye, and trickle over the cheek.

A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I."

The emphatic repetition of a word or phrase, at the end of several sentences or stanzas.

Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.

Repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc.