List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 116

SYNONYMS: diction, wording, vocabulary, phraseology, phrasing.
These nouns denote choice of words and the way in which they are used.

Diction is the selection and arrangement of words in relation to effective expression: very poor diction in the essay; a new poetic diction.
Wording stresses style or manner of expression: writing in which the wording takes on a regional flavor.
Vocabulary is the aggregate of words a person understands or uses: the general vocabulary of an educated native speaker of English.
Phraseology and phrasing include vocabulary, characteristic style, and the way in which words are grouped: the abstruse phraseology of physics; a composition marked by elegant phrasing.