Figurative vs Rhetoric - What's the difference?
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Metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs".
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Metaphorically so called
With many figures of speech
Emblematic; representative
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* J. A. Symonds
The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.
As adjectives the difference between figurative and rhetoric
is that figurative is metaphorical or tropical, as opposed to literal; using figures; as of the use of "cats and dogs" in the phrase "it's raining cats and dogs" while rhetoric is .As a noun rhetoric is
the art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.figurative
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Adjective
(en adjective)- This, they will say, was figurative , and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity.
- They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form.
Usage notes
* Said of language, expression, etc.Antonyms
* literalDerived terms
* figurativeness * figurativelyExternal links
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(wikipedia rhetoric)Alternative forms
* rhetorick (obsolete)Adjective
Noun
- It’s only so much rhetoric .