Semantic embellishment is not merely the display of opposite words. Its success rests on the intelligible relationships between meanings. Ṭibāq combines an opposed pair; tadbīj may work through color allusion or double significance; a figure related to ṭibāq derives contrast indirectly; muqābalah arranges several corresponding oppositions in ordered sequence.
These techniques may strengthen, sharpen, or beautify discourse when the intended meaning and audience remain central.
The next subject, murāʿāt al-naẓīr, turns from opposition to the beauty of grouping meanings that belong together.