exaggeration |
satire |
As nouns the difference between exaggeration and satire
is that
exaggeration is the act of heaping or piling up while
satire is a literary device of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. Humour, irony and exaggeration are often used to aid this.
exaggeration |
litote |
As nouns the difference between exaggeration and litote
is that
exaggeration is the act of heaping or piling up while
litote is an instance of litotes.
melodramatic |
exaggeration |
As an adjective melodramatic
is of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.
As a noun exaggeration is
the act of heaping or piling up.
exaggeration |
null |
As nouns the difference between exaggeration and null
is that
exaggeration is the act of heaping or piling up while
null is zero, nil; the cardinal number before einn.
tricolon |
exaggeration |
As nouns the difference between tricolon and exaggeration
is that
tricolon is (rhetoric) a sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses or
tricolon can be the symbol
, a colon with three dots instead of two while
exaggeration is the act of heaping or piling up.
exaggeration |
excruciating |
As a noun exaggeration
is the act of heaping or piling up.
As an adjective excruciating is
causing great pain or anguish, agonizing.
juxtaposition |
exaggeration |
As nouns the difference between juxtaposition and exaggeration
is that
juxtaposition is the nearness of objects with no delimiter while
exaggeration is the act of heaping or piling up.
As a verb juxtaposition
is to place in juxtaposition.
exaggeration |
sarcasm |
As nouns the difference between exaggeration and sarcasm
is that
exaggeration is the act of heaping or piling up while
sarcasm is a sharp form of humor, intended to hurt, that is marked by mocking with irony, sometimes conveyed in speech with vocal over-emphasis. Insincerely saying something which is the opposite of one's intended meaning, often to emphasize how unbelievable or unlikely it sounds if taken literally, thereby illustrating the obvious nature of one's intended meaning.
exaggeration |
dramatic |
As a noun exaggeration
is the act of heaping or piling up.
As an adjective dramatic is
dramatic.
exaggeration |
extravagance |
As nouns the difference between exaggeration and extravagance
is that
exaggeration is the act of heaping or piling up while
extravagance is excessive or superfluous expenditure of money.
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