Embellishment vs Rhetorical - What's the difference?
embellishment | rhetorical |
An unnecessarily added touch, an ornamental addition, a flourish.
Part of or similar to rhetoric, which is the use of language as a means to persuade.
Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument
As a noun embellishment
is an unnecessarily added touch, an ornamental addition, a flourish.As an adjective rhetorical is
part of or similar to rhetoric, which is the use of language as a means to persuade.embellishment
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Noun
(en noun)- 1811' ''Reflection had given calmness to her judgment, and sobered her own opinion of Willoughby's deserts; -- she wished, therefore, to declare only the simple truth, and lay open such facts as were really due to his character, without any '''embellishment of tenderness to lead the fancy astray.'' Jane Austen, ''Sense and Sensibility , Section 3,
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rhetorical
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Adjective
(-)- A rhetorical question , for example, is one used merely to make a point, with no response expected.