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Bloviate vs Orate - What's the difference?

bloviate | orate |

As verbs the difference between bloviate and orate

is that bloviate is (us) to speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner while orate is to speak formally; to give a speech.

As an adjective orate is

competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.

bloviate

English

Verb

(bloviat)
  • (US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
  • * 1845 , Huron Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, 14 Oct. 3/1:
  • *:Peter P. Low, Esq., will with open throat…bloviate about the farmers being taxed upon the full value of their farms, while bankers are released from taxation.

    • Usage notes

    Particularly used of politicians, bloviate has passed in and out of fashion over the centuries, falling out of fashion by end of 19th century, but was popularized in the early 1920s with reference to president

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    Derived terms

    * bloviation * bloviator

    Related terms

    * blowhard

    See also

    * windbag *

    References

    * Allan A. Metcalf (2004), Presidential voices: speaking styles from George Washington to George W. Bush, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, “Once More the Bloviator”, pp. 134–135, ISBN 978-0-618-44374-1

    Anagrams

    * (l) Fanciful 19th century American coinages

    orate

    English

    Verb

  • To speak formally; to give a speech.
  • To speak passionately; to preach for or against something.

    • Synonyms

    * (to speak formally) speak * (to speak passionately) harangue, preach

    Related terms

    * oral * oration * orator * oratory

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Competent in oracy; having good speaking skills.

    • Anagrams

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