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Grandiloquent vs Eloquent - What's the difference?

grandiloquent | eloquent |

As adjectives the difference between grandiloquent and eloquent

is that grandiloquent is given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid while eloquent is fluently persuasive and articulate.

grandiloquent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid
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    • Synonyms

    * (overly wordy or elaborate) bombastic, extravagant, flowery, ostentatious, pretentious, sesquipedalian

    Related terms

    * grandiloquacity * grandiloquence * grandiloquism * grandiloquous * grandiloquoy * magniloquent English autological terms ----

    eloquent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fluently persuasive and articulate
  • effective in expressing meaning by speech

    • Usage notes

    Eloquent expresses stronger praise than do articulate or .

    Synonyms

    * articulate * well-spoken

    Derived terms

    * eloquently

    Related terms

    * eloquence * colloquial * colloquium * colloquy * (l) * (l) * illocution * interlocutor * interlocution * locution * loquacious * (l) * perlocution

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