April vs Swagger - What's the difference?
april | swagger |
The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Abbreviation: Apr' or '
* 1845 , Robert Browning, Home-Thoughts From Abroad :
for somebody born in April; used since early 20th century.
* 1947 , Hilda Laurence, Death of a Doll , page 27:
To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
* Beaconsfield
To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
* Collier
confidence, pride
* {{quote-news
, year=2012
, date=April 9
, author=Mandeep Sanghera
, title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich
, work=BBC Sport
A bold, or arrogant strut.
A prideful boasting or bragging.
As nouns the difference between april and swagger
is that april is april while swagger is confidence, pride.As a verb swagger is
to walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.april
English
Proper noun
(Aprils)- Oh, to be in England
- Now that April ’s there
- I'm April' Hooper. That sounds silly, the '''April''' part, but my mother was English and she always said there was nothing prettier than an English ' April .
Synonyms
* (fourth month)Derived terms
* Aprilesque * April-esquire * April-fish * April fool * April-gentleman * April-gowk * Aprilian * Aprilish * April Revolution * April showers * April showers bring May flowers * April Theses * April Uprising * Bloody April * days of April * mid-AprilSee also
*Anagrams
* (l) ----swagger
English
Verb
(en verb)- a man who swaggers about London clubs
- To be great is not to swagger at our footmen.
- (Jonathan Swift)
Derived terms
* swaggerer * swaggeringlyNoun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage}}
