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Magniloquent vs Eloquent - What's the difference?

magniloquent | eloquent |

As adjectives the difference between magniloquent and eloquent

is that magniloquent is speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent while eloquent is eloquent (fluently persuasive and articulate).

magniloquent

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.

    • Synonyms

    * fustian * lexiphanic

    eloquent

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • fluently persuasive and articulate
  • effective in expressing meaning by speech

    • Usage notes

    Eloquent expresses stronger praise than do articulate or .

    Synonyms

    * articulate * well-spoken

    Derived terms

    * eloquently

    Related terms

    * eloquence * colloquial * colloquium * colloquy * (l) * (l) * illocution * interlocutor * interlocution * locution * loquacious * (l) * perlocution

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