Noun

1. The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one or in different ways.
   • He slipped on his jacket and a banana peel.
   • She cribbed the baby and (then) the corn.
   • She came in high spirits and a Cadillac.
   • "The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else" (George Bernard Shaw).