Bathos vs Hathos - What's the difference?
bathos | hathos |
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.
Enjoyment derived from hatred of a person or thing.
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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
(-)- I like you more than I can say; but I'll not sink into a bathos of sentiment: Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte - 1847.
Anagrams
*hathos
English
Noun
(-)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.