Stylistics
Neologism
A neologism is a new word, expression or meaning that has recently arisen in a language to designate new concepts, objects or phenomena and still retains a shade of novelty and freshness. Neologisms appear through the natural development of the language (general-linguistic) or are created by individual authors (individual-authorial, nonce words). Over time a general-linguistic neologism, having spread, loses its novelty and passes into ordinary vocabulary. In literature neologisms open new expressive possibilities, giving names to nuances of feeling and thought for which established words are lacking. Ukrainian innovative poets, notably Pavlo Tychyna and Mykola Bazhan, enriched the language with vivid word-formations. The study of neologisms belongs to neology — a section of lexicology that investigates the renewal of the lexical stock of a language.
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Distinction
Both are new words, but differ in fate. A general-linguistic neologism arises in the language to name a new concept and, once it spreads, LOSES its novelty and enters the dictionary. A nonce word (individual-authorial neologism) is created by a writer for a SINGLE use in a concrete context and remains a property of the authorial style, keeping palpable novelty. The first becomes shared; the second stays forever the author's.
