Prose vs Rhetoric - What's the difference?
prose | rhetoric |
Language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry.
* Milton
Language which evinces little imagination or animation; dull and commonplace discourse.
(Roman Catholicism) A hymn with no regular meter, sometimes introduced into the Mass.
to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way
* 1819 , , Otho the Great , Act I, Scene II, verses 189-190
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The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.
As nouns the difference between prose and rhetoric
is that prose is language, particularly written language, not intended as poetry while rhetoric is the art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.As a verb prose
is to write or repeat in a dull, tedious, or prosy way.As an adjective rhetoric is
synonym of lang=en.prose
English
(wikipedia prose)Noun
(en-noun)- Though known mostly for her prose , she also produced a small body of excellent poems.
- things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme
Antonyms
* poetry, verseDerived terms
* prose poem * purple proseVerb
- Pray, do not prose , good Ethelbert, but speak
- What is your purpose?
References
Anagrams
* ----rhetoric
English
(wikipedia rhetoric)Alternative forms
* rhetorick (obsolete)Adjective
Noun
- It’s only so much rhetoric .