different between inflated vs verbose

English

Adjective

inflated (comparative more inflated, superlative most inflated)

1. Filled with air or fluid

   The inflated balloons danced in the breeze.

2. Expanded; in a state of inflation, of abnormally increased size, amount, etc.

   His inflated belly looked uncomfortable.

3. (economics): In a state of higher cost.

   His inflated prices made the vendor unpopular.

4. (figuratively) Pompous; arrogant (of a person or ego)
5. (figuratively) Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show

   The inflated speech did not impress the audience.

6. Higher that the true figure

   inflated incidence figures

Synonyms

(filled with air, or expanded):

• bloated
• bulging
• expanded
• filled
• swelled
• swollen
• tumid
• turgid

(containing excessive words):

• bloated
• bombastic
• pompous

Antonyms

• deflated

Derived terms

• hyperinflated
• overinflated
• underinflated

Translations

Verb

inflated

1. simple past tense and past participle of inflate

English

Etymology

From Latin verb?sus (“prolix, wordy, verbose”) + English -ose (suffix meaning ‘full of; like’). Verb?sus is derived from verbum (“word”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh?- (“to say, speak”)) + -?sus (suffix meaning ‘full of, overly, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??b??s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /v??bo?s/
• Rhymes: -??s
• Hyphenation: verb?ose

Adjective

verbose (comparative more verbose, superlative most verbose)

1. Containing or using more words than necessary; long-winded, wordy. [from 17th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:verbose

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:concise
2. (computing) Producing detailed output for diagnostic purposes.

Derived terms

• verbosely
• verboseness

Related terms

• verbosity

Translations

References

Further reading

• verbose mode on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• verbosity on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• observe, obverse

Italian

Adjective

verbose

1. feminine plural of verboso

Latin

Adjective

verb?se

1. vocative masculine singular of verb?sus

References

• verbose in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• verbose in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• verbose in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette