Rhetoric vs Aver - What's the difference?
rhetoric | aver |
The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.
to assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner.
* 1663 ,
* 1819 CE: Percy Shelley, Peter Bell the Third :
* 1939 (MGM/Warner Home Video)
* 1997 Frederic W. and Roberta B. Case, Trilliums , ISBN 0-88192-374-5:
(legal) To prove or justify a plea.
(obsolete) To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify.
As nouns the difference between rhetoric and aver
is that rhetoric is the art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade while aver is ice-floe.As an adjective rhetoric
is .rhetoric
English
(wikipedia rhetoric)Alternative forms
* rhetorick (obsolete)Adjective
Noun
- 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 * rhetoricianSee also
* preterition *Anagrams
*aver
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) aveir ((etyl) avoir), substantive use of the verb, from (etyl) .Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Verb
- Chiron, the four-legg'd bard, had both \ A beard and tail of his own growth; \ And yet by authors 'tis averr'd , \ He made use only of his beard.
- The Devil, I safely can aver , / Has neither hoof, nor tail, nor sting.
- As Coroner, I must aver , I thoroughly examined her.
- Small (1933) avers T. simile to be deliciously fragrant, a quality we have not noticed in our plants.