Verbiage vs Wordiness - What's the difference?
verbiage | wordiness |
Overabundance of words
(US) The manner in which something is expressed in words;
The excessive, often unnecessary, use of words in a sentence.
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)- 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.