Diction

Definition:

  • (n.) Choice of words for the expression of ideas; the construction, disposition, and application of words in discourse, with regard to clearness, accuracy, variety, etc.; mode of expression; language; as, the diction of Chaucer's poems.

Compare diction with other words:

dialogue vs. diction

articulation vs. diction

diction vs. dition

diction vs. duction

diction vs. personality

diction vs. leed

accent vs. diction

diction vs. fiction

diction vs. rhetoric

diction vs. elocution

diction vs. enunciation

dialect vs. diction

dictation vs. diction

cacology vs. diction

diction vs. valediction

dictate vs. diction

diction vs. linguistics

diction vs. syntax