The difference between Bombast and Grandiloquence
When used as nouns, bombast means cotton, or cotton wool, whereas grandiloquence means lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
Bombast is also verb with the meaning: to swell or fill out.
Bombast is also adjective with the meaning: big without meaning, or high-sounding.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bombast and Grandiloquence
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Bombast as a noun (archaic):
Cotton, or cotton wool.
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Bombast as a noun (archaic):
Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.
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Bombast as a noun (figuratively):
High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
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Bombast as a verb:
To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.
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Bombast as a verb:
To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.
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Bombast as an adjective:
Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.
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Grandiloquence as a noun:
Lofty, pompous or bombastic speech or writing.
Examples:
"synonyms: magniloquence"