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Aporia vs Rhetoric - What's the difference?

aporia | rhetoric |

As a verb aporia

is .

As an adjective rhetoric is

.

As a noun rhetoric is

the art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

aporia

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.
  • * 2012 , , ‘Text Messenger’, Literary Review 404:
    • Meanings are superposed in an aporia – not ‘either/or’, but ‘and/and’.
  • (philosophy) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.

    • Synonyms

    * impasse, paradox, contradiction

    External links

    * (Aporia) ----

    rhetoric

    English

    (wikipedia rhetoric)

    Alternative forms

    * rhetorick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    • Noun

  • The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
  • Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.
    • It’s only so much rhetoric .

    Usage notes

    * Adjectives often applied to "rhetoric": political, legal, visual, classical, ancient, violent, empty, inflammatory, hateful, heated, fiery, vitriolic, angry, overheated, extreme.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    Derived terms

    * rhetorical * rhetorician

    See also

    * preterition *

    Anagrams

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