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Lexiphanic vs Grandiloquent - What's the difference?

lexiphanic | grandiloquent |

As adjectives the difference between lexiphanic and grandiloquent

is that lexiphanic is using bombastic or pretentious wording or language while grandiloquent is given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.

lexiphanic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Using bombastic or pretentious wording or language.

    • Related terms

    *lexiphanicism

    Synonyms

    *magniloquent

    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 ----