Articulate vs. Rhetoric — What's the Difference?

Composed of distinct, meaningful syllables or words

Rhetoric () is the art of persuasion, which along with grammar and logic (or dialectic – see Martianus Capella), is one of the three ancient arts of discourse. Rhetoric aims to study the techniques writers or speakers utilize to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations.

Expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language

The art or study of using language effectively and persuasively.

Characterized by the use of clear, expressive language

A treatise or book discussing this art.

Having the power of speech.

Skill in using language effectively and persuasively.

(Biology) Consisting of sections united by joints; jointed.

A style of speaking or writing, especially the language of a particular subject

To pronounce distinctly and carefully; enunciate.

Language that is elaborate, pretentious, insincere, or intellectually vacuous

To utter (a speech sound) by making the necessary movements of the speech organs.

Verbal communication; discourse.

To express in coherent verbal form

Synonym of rhetorical.

To fit together into a coherent whole; unify

The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

To convert (a student's credits at one school) to credits at another school by comparing the curricula.

Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress.

(Biology) To unite by forming a joint or joints.

The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose.

(Architecture) To give visible or concrete expression to (the composition of structural elements)

Oratory; the art of speaking with propriety, elegance, and force.

To speak clearly and distinctly.

Hence, artificial eloquence; fine language or declamation without conviction or earnest feeling.

To utter a speech sound.

Fig. : The power of persuasion or attraction; that which allures or charms.

(Biology) To form a joint; be jointed

Using language effectively to please or persuade

Clear; effective.

High flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation

Speaking in a clear and effective manner.

Loud and confused and empty talk;

Consisting of segments united by joints.

Study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking)

Distinctly marked off.

(obsolete) Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.

(zoology) An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

(transitive) To make clear or effective.

(ambitransitive) To speak clearly; to enunciate.

(transitive) To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.

(transitive) To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.

To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.

To form a joint or connect by joints

(obsolete) To treat or make terms.

Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.

Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.

Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words.

An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.

To treat or make terms.

To join or be connected by articulation.

To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together with joints or at the joints.

To draw up or write in separate articles; to particularize; to specify.

To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate letters or language.

To express distinctly; to give utterance to.

Provide with a joint;

Put into words or an expression;

Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way;

Express or state clearly

Expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language;

Consisting of segments held together by joints