Bombast vs. Rhetoric

Bombastnoun

(archaic) Cotton, or cotton wool.

Bombastnoun

(archaic) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.

Bombastnoun

(figurative) High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.

Bombastverb

To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.

Bombastverb

To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.

Bombastadjective

Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.

Bombastnoun

Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.

Bombastnoun

Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.

Bombastnoun

Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

Bombastadjective

High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

Bombastverb

To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

Bombastnoun

pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Rhetoricadjective

synonym of rhetorical.

Rhetoricnoun

The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

Rhetoricnoun

Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.

Rhetoricnoun

The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.

Rhetoricnoun

Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force.

Rhetoricnoun

Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling.

Rhetoricnoun

Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms.

Rhetoricnoun

using language effectively to please or persuade

Rhetoricnoun

high flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

Rhetoricnoun

loud and confused and empty talk;

Rhetoricnoun

study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)

Rhetoric

Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic – see Martianus Capella), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations.