Circumlocution vs. Garrulous — What's the Difference?

Circumlocution (also called circumduction, circumvolution, periphrasis, kenning or ambage) is a phrase that circles around a specific idea with multiple words rather than directly evoking it with fewer and apter words. It is sometimes necessary in communication (for example, to avoid lexical gaps that would cause untranslatability), but it can also be undesirable (when an uncommon or easily misunderstood figure of speech is used).

Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative.

The use of unnecessarily wordy language, especially in being vague or evasive.

Wordy and rambling

A roundabout or evasive expression

Or tiresomely talkative.

(uncountable) A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus:

(of something written or performed) Excessively wordy and rambling.

(uncountable) Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).

Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative; loquacious.

(uncountable) Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a lexical gap, either monolingually or in translation.

Having a loud, harsh note; noisy; - said of birds; as, the garrulous roller.

(countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.

Full of trivial conversation;

The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrase.

A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

An indirect way of expressing something