Difference between Sesquipedalian and Polysyllabic

What is the difference between Sesquipedalian and Polysyllabic?

Sesquipedalian as a noun is a person who uses long words. while Polysyllabic as a noun is a word having more than one syllable

Sesquipedalian

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A person who uses long words. A long word.

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: long; polysyllabic. Pertaining to or given to the use of overly long words.

Polysyllabic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Having more than one syllable; having multiple or many syllables.Characterized by or consisting of words having numerous syllables.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: a word having more than one syllable

We hope you now know whether to use Sesquipedalian or Polysyllabic in your sentence.

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