Rhetorical vs. Metaphorical — What's the Difference?

Of or relating to rhetoric.

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one thing is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison, as in "a sea of troubles" or "All the world's a stage" (Shakespeare).

Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric.

One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol

Used for persuasive effect

Pertaining to or characterized by a metaphor; figurative; symbolic.

Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.

Expressing one thing in terms normally denoting another;

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

A study or exercise in rhetoric.

Of or pertaining to rhetoric; according to, or exhibiting, rhetoric; oratorical; as, the rhetorical art; a rhetorical treatise; a rhetorical flourish.

Of or relating to rhetoric;

Concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking;