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Grandiloquent vs Tumid - What's the difference?

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Grandiloquent is a related term of tumid.


As adjectives the difference between grandiloquent and tumid

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 tumid is swollen, enlarged, bulging.

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 ----

    tumid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • swollen, enlarged, bulging
  • cancerous, unhealthy

    • Derived terms

    * tumor