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Bathos vs Hathos - What's the difference?

bathos | hathos |

As nouns the difference between bathos and hathos

is that bathos is depth, bottom while hathos is enjoyment derived from hatred of a person or thing.

bathos

English

Noun

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  • Depth, bottom.
  • An abrupt change in style, usually from high to low; an unintended transition of style; an anticlimax.
  • Apparent hyperbole or praise marked by comic dilution or digression.
  • Triteness; triviality; banality.
  • Overly sentimental and exaggerated pathos.
  • I like you more than I can say; but I'll not sink into a bathos of sentiment: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte - 1847.

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    hathos

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • Enjoyment derived from hatred of a person or thing.
  • * 1996 , , " Hate it, Love it", Sun-Sentinel , 7 January 1996:
  • The patron saint of hathos connoisseurs, H.L. Mencken, was a brave soul, but even a fellow as sturdy and unstinting as he might have been struck dumb in the presence of the extravagantly hathotic Kathie Lee Gifford.

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