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Decorum vs Diction - What's the difference?

decorum | diction |

As nouns the difference between decorum and diction

is that decorum is appropriate social behavior; propriety while diction is the effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice, and presentation of said words.

decorum

English

Noun

  • (uncountable) Appropriate social behavior; propriety
  • * 2010 — , This Isn't What It Looks Like , ch. 4
    • It was sort of a finishing school. You know, to teach proper social decorum and so on and so forth.
  • (countable) A convention of social behavior

    • Related terms

    * decorous

    diction

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The effectiveness and degree of clarity of word choice, and presentation of said words.

    • Related terms

    * dictate