FeatureSingle-word majāzCompound majāz
Transferred unitAn individual word's meaningThe entire utterance or scene
Example“Lion” for a brave personStepping forward and back for indecision
First analytic taskLiteral and transferred word sensesOriginal and new situations
Compound does not merely mean “containing several words.” A long sentence may contain a single metaphorical term while the rest remains literal. The question is whether the comparison concerns one word or a complete, jointly structured image.