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Verbalist vs Wordsman - What's the difference?

verbalist | wordsman |

As nouns the difference between verbalist and wordsman

is that verbalist is one who possesses verbal or oratorical skill while wordsman is one who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist.

verbalist

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who possesses verbal or oratorical skill.
  • One who favors words or the wording of something over its meaning or the idea behind it.
  • Derived terms

    * verbalistic

    wordsman

    English

    Noun

    (wordsmen)
  • (archaic) One who deals in words, or in mere words; a verbalist.
  • Some speculative wordsman — H. Bushnell.
    (Webster 1913)