Is my cache title an alliteration, or is it a tautogram? Is there a difference?
Alliteration
al-lit-er-a-tion
/ah-lit-ah-ray-shun/
noun: "alliteration" plural noun: "alliterations"
- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
- occurs when two or more words are linked that share the same first consonant sound, such as "fish fry."
- "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
- "Sally sells seashells by the sea shore."
Origin
early 17th century: from medieval Latin "alliteratio(n-"), from Latin "ad-" (expressing addition) +"littera" letter'.
Tautogram
tau-to-gram
/taw-toe-gram/
noun: "tautogram" plural noun: "tautograms"
- text in which all words start with the same letter (but not necessarily) the same sound).
- "One owl on old oak opens ocular orbs."
Origin
Ancient Greek (tauto gramma), "same letter".
What is the difference between an alliteration and a tautogram?
The difference between a tautogram and alliteration is that tautograms are a written, visual phenomenon, whereas alliterations are a phonetic one. Most cases of alliteration are also tautograms, though certainly not all since different letters can frequently take on the same sound (e.g., phlegmy frog).
The answer to my original question is that the cache title is both a tautogram and an alliteration. Now you know too!