Overstatement vs. Hyperbole

Overstatementnoun

An exaggeration; a statement in excess of what is reasonable.

Overstatementnoun

The tendency to overstate.

Overstatementnoun

An exaggerated statement or account.

Overstatementnoun

making to seem more important than it really is

Hyperbolenoun

Deliberate or unintentional overstatement, particularly extreme overstatement.

Hyperbolenoun

(countable) An instance or example of such overstatement.

Hyperbolenoun

A hyperbola.

Hyperbolenoun

A figure of speech in which the expression is an evident exaggeration of the meaning intended to be conveyed, or by which things are represented as much greater or less, better or worse, than they really are; a statement exaggerated fancifully, through excitement, or for effect.

Hyperbolenoun

extravagant exaggeration

Hyperbolenoun

exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally

Hyperbole

Hyperbole (, listen) (adjective form hyperbolic, listen) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech. In rhetoric, it is also sometimes known as auxesis (literally 'growth').