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Rhetorical vs. Bombastic — What's the Difference?

Rhetorical vs. Bombastic — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Rhetorical and Bombastic

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Rhetorical

Of or relating to rhetoric.

Bombastic

Having an extravagant or pompous style
A bombastic speech denouncing the government's policies.

Rhetorical

Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric.

Bombastic

(of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

Rhetorical

Used for persuasive effect
A speech punctuated by rhetorical pauses.
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Bombastic

High-sounding but with little meaning.

Rhetorical

Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
A rhetorical question is one used merely to make a point, with no response expected.

Bombastic

(archaic) Inflated, overfilled.

Rhetorical

Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument.

Bombastic

Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.
A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology.

Rhetorical

A study or exercise in rhetoric.

Bombastic

Ostentatiously lofty in style;
A man given to large talk
Tumid political prose

Rhetorical

Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.
They permit him to leave their poetical taste ungratified, provided that he gratifies their rhetorical sense.

Rhetorical

Of or relating to rhetoric;
Accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested
The rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation

Rhetorical

Concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking;
A rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply

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