Didactic vs. Hortatory — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Didactic and Hortatory
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Didactic
Intended to teach, particularly in having moral instruction as an ulterior motive
A didactic novel that set out to expose social injustice
Hortatory
Marked by exhortation or strong urging
A hortatory speech.
Didactic
Intended to instruct.
Hortatory
Giving exhortation or advice; encouraging.
Didactic
Morally instructive.
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Hortatory
Exhortation or advice; incitement; encouragement.
Didactic
Inclined to teach or moralize excessively.
Hortatory
That which exhorts, incites, or encourages.
Didactic
Instructive or intended to teach or demonstrate, especially with regard to morality.
Didactic poetry
Hortatory
Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech.
Didactic
Excessively moralizing.
Hortatory
Giving strong encouragement
Didactic
(medicine) Teaching from textbooks rather than laboratory demonstration and clinical application.
Didactic
(archaic) A treatise on teaching or education.
Didactic
Fitted or intended to teach; conveying instruction; preceptive; instructive; teaching some moral lesson; as, didactic essays.
The finest didactic poem in any language.
Didactic
Excessively prone to instruct, even those who do not wish to be instructed; - of people.
Didactic
A treatise on teaching or education.
Didactic
Instructive (especially excessively)
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