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Bombastic vs Rhetorical - What's the difference?

bombastic | rhetorical |

As adjectives the difference between bombastic and rhetorical

is that bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous while rhetorical is part of or similar to rhetoric, which is the use of language as a means to persuade.

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

    Descendants

    * French: bombastique * Spanish:

    rhetorical

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Part of or similar to rhetoric, which is the use of language as a means to persuade.
  • A rhetorical question , for example, is one used merely to make a point, with no response expected.
  • Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument