baroque vs rhetorical

baroque

adj
  • Embellished with figures and forms such that every level of relief gives way to more details and contrasts. 

  • Ornate, intricate, decorated, laden with detail. 

  • Chiseled from stone, or shaped from wood, in a garish, crooked, twisted, or slanted sort of way, grotesque. 

  • Overly and needlessly complicated. 

  • Complex and beautiful, despite an outward irregularity. 

  • Characteristic of Western art music of about the same period. 

noun
  • An ornate, detailed style. 

rhetorical

adj
  • Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument. 

  • Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade. 

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