meaninglessness vs rhetoric

rhetoric vs meaninglessness

meaninglessness and rhetoric both are nouns.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of meaninglessness 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.

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

Difference between meaninglessness and rhetoric

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