different between rhetoric vs pyrotechnist

English

Alternative forms

• rhetorick (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French rhetorique, from Latin rh?torica, from Ancient Greek ???????? (rh?torik?), ellipsis of ???????? ????? (rh?torik? tékhn?), from ????????? (rh?torikós, “concerning public speech”), from ????? (rh?t?r, “public speaker”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective): IPA^(key): /???t???k/
• (noun): IPA^(key): /???t???k/

Adjective

rhetoric

1. Synonym of rhetorical.

Noun

rhetoric (countable and uncountable, plural rhetorics)

1. The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.
2. Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.

   It’s only so much rhetoric.

Usage notes

• Adjectives often applied to "rhetoric":
  • (by kind or area of application) political, legal, visual, classical, ancient
  • (by quality) violent, empty, inflammatory, hateful, heated, fiery, vitriolic, angry, overheated, extreme

Synonyms

• wordcraft

Derived terms

• rhetorical
• rhetorician

Related terms

Translations

See also

• preterition
• Appendix:Glossary of rhetoric

Anagrams

• torchier

English

Etymology

pyrotechnic +? -ist, from pyro- +? technic

Noun

pyrotechnist (plural pyrotechnists)

1. (dated) A pyrotechnician: person skilled in the manufacture or setting off of fireworks and firework displays.
   • 1862, The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America

     That the Secretary of the Navy be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a pyrotechnist for the service of the navy, […]

2. (figuratively) One who demonstrates a brilliant display, as of rhetoric or wit, or of virtuosity in the performing arts.
   • 2006, Michel Weber, Nicholas Rescher, Whitehead's Pancreativism

     "It is thus the pyrotechnist (should we say demiurge?) who gives meaning to the so to speak explosive effervescences that are weaving the world of the spectator"

Translations