different between rhetorical vs grandiloquent

English

Etymology

From Latin rh?toricus, from Ancient Greek ????????? (rh?torikós, “concerning public speaking”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???t??.?.k?l/, /???t??.?.k?l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???t???k?l/, /???t???k?l/

Adjective

rhetorical (not comparable)

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

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

Derived terms

• rhetorical question
• rhetorically

Related terms

• rhetoric

Translations

Noun

rhetorical (plural rhetoricals)

1. (education, dated) A study or exercise in rhetoric.

English

Etymology

From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loqu?ns, present participle of loquor (“I speak”). Compare eloquent.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /??æn?d?l.?.kw?nt/

Adjective

grandiloquent (comparative more grandiloquent, superlative most grandiloquent)

1. (of a person, their language or writing) given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid

Synonyms

• (overly wordy or elaborate): See Thesaurus:verbose

Related terms

Translations

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????.di.l?.k??/

Adjective

grandiloquent (feminine singular grandiloquente, masculine plural grandiloquents, feminine plural grandiloquentes)

1. grandiloquent

Further reading

• “grandiloquent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).