hokum vs rhetoric

rhetoric vs hokum

hokum and rhetoric both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
hokum	Yes	No	No	No
rhetoric	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, rhetoric is a hyponym of hokum; that is, rhetoric is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than hokum:

hokum: a message that seems to convey no meaning
rhetoric: loud and confused and empty talk

Other hyponyms of hokum include absurdity, absurdness, ridiculousness, amphigory, nonsense verse, balderdash, fiddle-faddle, piffle, buzzword, cant, cobblers, crock, fa la, fal la, gibber, gibberish, incoherence, incoherency, unintelligibility, jabberwocky, flummery, mummery, empty talk, empty words, hot air, palaver, rigamarole, rigmarole, schmegegge, shmegegge, hooey, poppycock, stuff, stuff and nonsense, baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle.

hokum (noun)	rhetoric (noun)
a message that seems to convey no meaning	study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)
	using language effectively to please or persuade
	high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation
	loud and confused and empty talk

Difference between hokum and rhetoric

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