Difference between Rants and Claptrap

RANTS vs CLAPTRAP: NOUN

A trick or device to gain applause, especially pretentious but empty rhetoric; humbug.
Figuratively, an artifice or device to elicit applause or gain popularity; deceptive show or pretense.
A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
Pretentious, insincere, or empty language.
Pompous or pretentious talk or writing

Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.

Bellows, Blusters, Protests, Rages, Harangues, Rabbit on, Mouth off, Fustian, Blah, Rave, Bombast, Spout, Jabber, Claptrap, Harangue

Balderdash, Gobbledygook, Bullshit, Mumbo jumbo, Blather, Twaddle, Drivel, Pitch, Rot, Dung, Nonsense, Blah, Fustian, Rant, Bombast

Musings, Screeds, Tirades, Diatribes, Protest, Bellows, Blusters, Fustian, Blah, Rave, Bombast, Spout, Jabber, Claptrap, Harangue

Piffle, Balderdash, Gobbledygook, Bullshit, Mumbo jumbo, Blather, Drivel, Pitch, Rot, Dung, Nonsense, Blah, Fustian, Rant, Bombast

Rants of the Day: Tragic headlines for families.
File this under a Josh Rants episode please.
They also share rants about their political difficulties.
Twitter is filled with ghetto rants about Texarkana.
Humor, philosophical, theoretical postions, judicial reform, rants, etc.
You know who else gave rants about Russia?.
So quit with the uninformed rants and whining.
Sergio Cubelo roars where Zach de la Rocha rants, and sings where de la Rocha rants, too.
From left: Pat Rants, Danielle Rants, Tammy Adams, and Dennis Adams.
Funding is provided by Federal Department of Justice rants and State rants.

And bhakths fall for this claptrap hook, line and sinker.
Return to the claptrap and give it to him.
Unlike many composers, Plagge is able to discuss his music clearly and without pedantic claptrap.
Or rather, his piece of dystopian paranoid claptrap filled with spelling and grammar errors.
Chairman, I have never heard such a load of claptrap in all my life.
Did you get the missions from Claptrap on Sanctuary?
And Russell, I agree with you, this is claptrap.
That stuff about different climates is complete claptrap, Barb.
Detox: flushing out poison or absorbing dangerous claptrap?
This site is largely based on racist claptrap.