paraphrase, periphrase

Paraphrase or paraphrase means to put into different words; to restate or reword--
To paraphrase an old saying, you need to fix this now, or you'll have nine times as much work to do later.
Did you paraphrase what the author said? Then you should leave out the quotation marks.

Periphrase or periphrase means to repeat, using an alternate form or additional information to name the same person, place, or thing--
A periphrase may be commonplace: Her father, the doctor, the son of the mayor, will run for election.
Here's a famopus periphrase: "By the shores of Gitche Gumee, By the shining Big-Sea-Water..."

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Let's see if I can paraphrase the grammar book: to periphrase means to name the same person, place or thing again, using a different aspect, attribute, or bit of information."

Note--"Paraphase" is a technical term, used to describe the output of an amplifier or a similar device--
I think this will work if we use a paraphase amplifier.