hyperbole |
superfluous |
As a noun hyperbole
is extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.
As an adjective superfluous is
in excess of what is required or sufficient.
hyperbole |
mood |
As a noun hyperbole
is (uncountable) extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.
As an adjective mood is
tired.
hyperbole |
egregious |
As a noun hyperbole
is (uncountable) extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.
As an adjective egregious is
exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
hyperbole |
platitude |
As nouns the difference between hyperbole and platitude
is that
hyperbole is (uncountable) extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device while
platitude is old spelling of.
hyperbole |
platitudes |
As nouns the difference between hyperbole and platitudes
is that
hyperbole is (uncountable) extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device while
platitudes is .
hyperbole |
parabole |
As nouns the difference between hyperbole and parabole
is that
hyperbole is extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device while
parabole is similitude; comparison.
hyperbole |
simile |
As nouns the difference between hyperbole and simile
is that
hyperbole is extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device while
simile is a figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another, in the case of English generally using
like or
as.
hyperbole |
embellishment |
As nouns the difference between hyperbole and embellishment
is that
hyperbole is extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device while
embellishment is an unnecessarily added touch, an ornamental addition, a flourish.
hyperbole |
falsehood |
In uncountable|lang=en terms the difference between hyperbole and falsehood
is that
hyperbole is (uncountable) deliberate exaggeration while
falsehood is (uncountable) the property of being false.
In countable|lang=en terms the difference between hyperbole and falsehood
is that
hyperbole is (countable) an instance or example of this technique while
falsehood is (countable) a false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
As nouns the difference between hyperbole and falsehood
is that
hyperbole is (uncountable) extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device while
falsehood is (uncountable) the property of being false.
pun |
hyperbole |
As nouns the difference between pun and hyperbole
is that
pun is a joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused while
hyperbole is extreme exaggeration or overstatement; especially as a literary or rhetorical device.
As a verb pun
is to beat; strike with force; ram; pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder.
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