Difference between orator and peroration

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noun

1. a person who delivers a speech or oration

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The services of the laboratory are offered gratuitously to any scientist or graduate student engaged in research which makes a significant contribution to progress in the fields of science.

But while he speaks of war-time heroes and exploratory pioneers, he forgets about another interesting lifetime.

I put the "eye candy" on top of that and then used a store-bought gel decorator frosting to do the "bloodshot" effect.

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noun

1. (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration
2. a flowery and highly rhetorical oration

Examples

At the end of his peroration, Bunbury drew a deep breath and picked up his gold propelling pencil.

The peroration was magnificent, though difficult to remember, you know.

Foucault has many perorations about the nature of power.

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