Words or the use of words in excess of those needed for clarity or precision:
diffuseness, diffusion, long-windedness, pleonasm, prolixity, redundancy, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordiness. See excess, style, wordsChoice of words and the way in which they are used:
diction, parlance, phrase, phraseology, phrasing, verbalism, wording. See words
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