ethos, in rhetoric, the character or emotions of a speaker or writer that are expressed in the attempt to persuade an audience. It is distinguished from pathos, which is the emotion the speaker or writer hopes to induce in the audience. The two words were distinguished in a broader sense by ancient Classical authors, who used pathos when referring to the violent emotions and ethos to mean the.

He overcame the friction of loss, despair, angst; seeing in the destroyed bridge a chance to cross the Meghna with helicopters and tanks; close in from the north by a para drop (planned at Tangail) and link up with breathtaking speed at Dhaka, the centre of gravity of the war.