A self-contradictory statement that hides a rational meaning is called -

• A self-contradictory statement that hides a rational meaning is called - Paradox.

- Paradox হচ্ছে আপাত বিরোধী কিন্তু সত্য।
- এর একটি চমৎকার উদাহরণ হচ্ছে -'Sweet are the uses of adversity' যেখানে surface meaning কিংবা আপাত দৃষ্টিতে লাইনটির অর্থ contradictory মনে হয় যে adversity is bitter।
- কিন্তু এর depper meaning এ বোঝা যায় যে adversity carries within itself the sweetness of achievement.

অন্যদিকে,
• Wit - A brief and brilliant expression intended to produce surprise and pleasure.
• Epiphany - A moment of sudden revelation pr awareness that changes the course of life of the major character of a novel or short story.
• Epithet - basically an adjective placed before or after a person or a thing.