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Grandiloquent vs Exaggerating - What's the difference?

grandiloquent | exaggerating |

As an adjective grandiloquent

is given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.

As a verb exaggerating is

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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 ----

    exaggerating

    English

    Verb

    (head)