expression vs rhetoric

expression

noun
  • A particular way of phrasing an idea. 

  • A specific blend of whisky. 

  • A colloquialism or idiom. 

  • The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc. 

  • An arrangement of symbols denoting values, operations performed on them, and grouping symbols. 

  • The process of translating a gene into a protein. 

  • A facial appearance usually associated with an emotion. 

  • (manufacturing) The act of pressing or squeezing out. 

  • A piece of code in a high-level language that returns a value. 

  • The tone of voice or sound in music. 

  • emotional involvement or engagement in a text read aloud rendered by the voice of the reciter or the reader 

rhetoric

noun
  • The art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade. 

  • Meaningless language with an exaggerated style intended to impress. 

adj
  • Synonym of rhetorical. 

How often have the words expression and rhetoric occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )