Meaningful vs Bombastic - What's the difference?
meaningful | bombastic |
Having meaning, significant.
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=June 9
, author=Owen Phillips
, title=Euro 2012: Netherlands 0-1 Denmark
, work=BBC Sport
showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
High-sounding but with little meaning.
(archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
As adjectives the difference between meaningful and bombastic
is that meaningful is having meaning, significant while bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous.meaningful
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I think we made a meaningful contribution to this project today.
citation, page= , passage=But the Danes remained resolute in defence - largely thanks to a spirited display by captain Daniel Agger - and they went ahead with their first meaningful attack.}}