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Logos vs Ethos - What's the difference?

logos | ethos |

Ethos is a coordinate term of logos.



In rhetoric terms the difference between logos and ethos

is that logos is a form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logic as the main argument while ethos is a form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct.

As a proper noun Logos

is in Ancient Greek philosophy, the rational principle that governs the cosmos.

logos

English

(wikipedia logos)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(-)
  • (rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logic as the main argument.

    • Coordinate terms

    * (form of rhetoric) ethos, pathos

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (head)

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    ethos

    English

    (wikipedia ethos)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The character or fundamental values of a person, people, culture, or movement.
  • (rhetoric) A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker invokes their authority, competence or expertise in an attempt to persuade others that their view is correct.

    • Related terms

    * etheic * ethics * ethogram * ethography * ethoi (hypercorrect) * ethologic * ethological * ethologist * ethology * * ethopoetic * ethosed * ethoses (non-standard)

    See also

    * logos * pathos

    Anagrams

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