phraseology

1 a distinctive way of putting ideas into words <I recognized the writer's distinctive phraseology even before I saw the name> Synonyms fashion, locution, manner, mode, style, tone, veinRelated Words address, delivery, elocution; archaism, colloquialism, regionalism; acceptation, connotation, denotation, expression, idiom

2 the way in which something is put into words <the unique phraseology of the suspect's answer stuck in my mind> Synonyms diction, language, wording, phrasing, verbiageRelated Words expression, formulation, locution; enunciation, phrase, speech, style, utterance, voice