Bombast vs. Pomposity — What's the Difference?

Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.

Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious

Grandiose or overpowering expression, as in music or painting.

Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic

(archaic) Cotton, or cotton wool.

(Archaic) Characterized by pomp or stately display

(archaic) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.

The quality of being pompous; self-importance.

(figurative) High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.

The quality or state of being pompous; pompousness.

To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.

Lack of elegance as a consequence of being pompous and puffed up with vanity

To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.

Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.

Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.

Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.

Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

Pompous or pretentious talk or writing