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Verbose vs Bombastic - What's the difference?

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Bombastic is a antonym of verbose.

Bombastic is a synonym of verbose.



As adjectives the difference between verbose and bombastic

is that verbose is abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy while bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous.

verbose

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Abounding in words, containing more words than necessary. Long winded, or windy.
  • (computing) Producing unusually detailed output for diagnostic purposes.
  • * 2001 , Richard Blum, Postfix (page 532)
  • You should use verbose logging sparingly. Turning on verbose logging for every process would result in log files so large they would become useless.

    Synonyms

    * wordy * long-winded * See also

    Antonyms

    * concise * terse

    Anagrams

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    bombastic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bombastick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
  • High-sounding but with little meaning.
  • (archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
  • Synonyms

    * (pompous or overly wordy) blustering, grandiloquent, pompous, verbose, florid * inflated, turgid

    Antonyms

    * (pompous or overly wordy) concise, succinct

    Descendants

    * French: bombastique * Spanish: