Why do we use verbal, verbiage, and verbose to refer to all language and not just verbs?

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Why do we use verbal, verbiage, and verbose to refer to all language and not just verbs?

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Besides what others have said, each of those words, while related, carry different meanings. Verbal generally refers to the spoken word, verbiage to the specific language in a formal document, and verbose to the excessive usage of words.

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