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Bombastic vs Exaggerated - What's the difference?

bombastic | exaggerated |

As adjectives the difference between bombastic and exaggerated

is that bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous while exaggerated is that has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.

As a verb exaggerated is

(exaggerate).

bombastic

English

Alternative forms

* bombastick (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
  • High-sounding but with little meaning.
  • (archaic) Inflated, overfilled.

    • Synonyms

    * (pompous or overly wordy) blustering, grandiloquent, pompous, verbose, florid * inflated, turgid

    Antonyms

    * (pompous or overly wordy) concise, succinct

    Related terms

    * bombast * bombaster * bombastically

    Descendants

    * French: bombastique * Spanish:

    exaggerated

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • That has been described as greater than it actually is; abnormally increased or enlarged.

    • Derived terms

    * unexaggerated

    Verb

    (head)
  • (exaggerate)