Difference between exaggerate and hyperbolize
Definitions
verb
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
- do something to an excessive degree
Examples
Instead of the melodious tones of an Irish brogue, the exaggerated drawl of an angry young man spat from the earpiece.
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.
Definitions
verb
- to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Examples
There's so much about this movie that people tend to hyperbolize.
Each tale is well written with real characters somewhat hyperbolized to portray aspects of a city that James Frey satirically describes as craving to become the twenty-first century number one international metropolis in spite of NFL meaning not for Los Angeles.
The idea that the Mexican state is on the verge of collapse or that narco-violence is relentlessly sweeping north echo the kind of hyperbolized threat of Africanized bees or Sandinista convoys swarming our southern border during the Reagan era.
