Bossy vs Arrogant - What's the difference?
bossy | arrogant |
Tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering.
(US, informal, dated) A cow or calf.
* about 1900 , O. Henry,
As adjectives the difference between bossy and arrogant
is that bossy is tending to give orders to others, especially when unwarranted; domineering while arrogant is having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt for others.As a noun bossy
is a cow or calf.bossy
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* dictatorial, authoritarian, commanding, tyrannical, demanding, inflexible * see alsoEtymology 2
Diminutive of dialectal English boss, as used in the term ).Noun
(bossies)- A week before, while riding the prairies, Raidler had come upon a sick and weakling calf deserted and bawling. Without dismounting he had reached and slung the distressed bossy across his saddle, and dropped it at the ranch for the boys to attend to.