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Verbiage vs Wordiness - What's the difference?

verbiage | wordiness |

As nouns the difference between verbiage and wordiness

is that verbiage is overabundance of words while wordiness is the excessive, often unnecessary, use of words in a sentence.

verbiage

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Overabundance of words
  • (US) The manner in which something is expressed in words;
  • use concise military verbiage – Usage note: because of the pejorative connotation of the primary definition of "verbiage" it is preferred to use "diction," "phrasing," etc. to describe the manner in which something is expressed in words.

    wordiness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words in a sentence.
  • Synonyms

    * verbosity

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