nonsense vs rhetoric

rhetoric vs nonsense

nonsense and rhetoric both are nouns.

nonsense is an adjective but rhetoric is not an adjective.

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

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

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

Other hyponyms of nonsense 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.

nonsense (noun)	rhetoric (noun)
ornamental objects of no great value	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

nonsense (adjective)	rhetoric (adjective)
having no intelligible meaning

Difference between nonsense and rhetoric

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