Bombastic vs Diffuse - What's the difference?
bombastic | diffuse |
showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
High-sounding but with little meaning.
(archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
To spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
* Whewell
To be spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.
Everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.
As adjectives the difference between bombastic and diffuse
is that bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous while diffuse is everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.As a verb diffuse is
to spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.bombastic
English
Alternative forms
* bombastick (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (pompous or overly wordy) blustering, grandiloquent, pompous, verbose, florid * inflated, turgidAntonyms
* (pompous or overly wordy) concise, succinctDescendants
* French: bombastique * Spanish:diffuse
English
Etymology 1
(etyl), from (etyl) diffusus, past participle ofVerb
(diffus)- We find this knowledge diffused among all civilized nations.
- Food coloring diffuses in water.
- The riot diffused quite suddenly.
Derived terms
* diffuserEtymology 2
(etyl) diffususAdjective
(en adjective)- Such a diffuse effort is unlikely to produce good results.
