EXAGGERATION

• (noun) the act of making something more noticeable than usual

  "the dance involved a deliberate exaggeration of his awkwardness"

• (noun) making to seem more important than it really is

  synonyms : magnification , overstatement

• (noun) extravagant exaggeration

  synonyms : hyperbole

  “enough food to feed a whole army” is a common example of hyperbole -added by nithi

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