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Oxymoron
putting two contradictory
words together.
Oxy = "sharp" or "pointed"
Moros = "dull".
Thus the word oxymoron is
itself an oxymoron.

Examples
Honest lawyer
Jumbo shrimp
Act naturally
Good grief

Same difference

Big baby

Known secret

Civil war

Paradox
A statement that seems to
be contradictory or absurd
but is true.

Examples
Nobody goes to the movie theater, it's
too crowded!
Don't go near the water until you've
learned to swim.
If you get this message, call me; if
you don't, then don't worry about it.
This is the beginning of the end.
That parent is being cruel to be kind.

Examples in R & J
Beautiful tyrant (oxymoron)
Fiend angelical (oxymoron)
Dove-feather'd raven (oxymoron)
Wolvish-ravening lamb (oxymoron)
Damned saint (oxymoron)
Honourable villain (oxymoron)

More Examples
Despised substance of divinest
show (paradox)
Spirit of a fiend in moral
paradise of such sweet flesh
(paradox)
Book containing such vile
matter so fairly bound (paradox)
Deceit should dwell in such a
gorgeous palace (paradox)