palaver vs rhetoric

palaver

noun
  • Talk intended to deceive. 

  • Disagreement. 

  • A meeting at which there is much talk; a debate; a moot. 

  • Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss. 

  • A village council meeting. 

verb
  • To flatter. 

  • To discuss with much talk. 

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 palaver and rhetoric occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )