Difference between exaggerate and hyperbolize
exaggerate
Definitions
verb
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- do something to an excessive degree
Examples
Miles, the more successful, exaggerated the decorative qualities of his father's style to the point of mannerism.
The Communists vastly exaggerated their own Resistance role in order to attract postwar political support.
This rope feature and the lion paw feet, legs, and exaggerated acanthus leaves are very similar to the one at Glin.
hyperbolize
Definitions
verb
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Examples
Films like Animal House and Old School forever defined and hyperbolized what college is like, but there are other works of art that do the job in their own way.
Curtis claims I hyperbolize his family's eccentricities in order to minimize mine.
The gender inequality, the abuse of patient autonomy, and more, abuses that admittedly also goes on in the public sector is hyperbolized in the V.A. system.
