In rhetoric, antimetabole (iː {respell|AN|ti-mə|TAB|ə-lee}) is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in transposed order (e.g., `I know what I like, and I like what I know`). It is similar to chiasmus although chiasmus does not use repetition of the same words or phrases. ==Examples== ==Etymology== It is derived from the Greek 
figure in which words or phrases are repeated but in inverse order
• (n.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.
(Greek, 'turning about') A rhetorical scheme involving repetition in reverse order
An`ti·me·tab'o·le noun [ Latin , from Greek ....] (Rhet.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order.