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Magniloquent vs Turgid - What's the difference?

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Magniloquent is a related term of turgid.


As adjectives the difference between magniloquent and turgid

is that magniloquent is speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent while turgid is distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.

magniloquent

English

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * fustian * lexiphanic

    turgid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
    • I have a turgid limb.
  • (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

    • Synonyms

    * (distended beyond the natural state) bloated, distended, inflated, swelled, swollen, tumid * (tediously pompous) bombastic, grandiose, pompous

    Related terms

    * turgescent * turgidity * turgidness * turgor * turgidigitation * turgerific * turgestion * turgidification