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claptrap vs ornateness

ornateness vs claptrap

claptrap and ornateness both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
claptrap Yes No No No
ornateness Yes No No No
As nouns, ornateness is a hypernym of claptrap; that is, ornateness is a word with a broader meaning than claptrap:
  • claptrap: pompous or pretentious talk or writing
  • ornateness: high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Other hypernyms of claptrap include grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, rhetoric.
claptrap (noun) ornateness (noun)
pompous or pretentious talk or writing an ornate appearance; being elaborately (even excessively) decorated
high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
Difference between claptrap and ornateness

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