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Bloviate vs Headlong - What's the difference?

bloviate | headlong |

As verbs the difference between bloviate and headlong

is that bloviate is (us) to speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner while headlong is to precipitate.

As an adverb headlong is

with the head first or down.

As an adjective headlong is

precipitous.

bloviate

English

Verb

(bloviat)
  • (US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
  • * 1845 , Huron Reflector, Norwalk, Ohio, 14 Oct. 3/1:
  • *:Peter P. Low, Esq., will with open throat…bloviate about the farmers being taxed upon the full value of their farms, while bankers are released from taxation.

    • Usage notes

    Particularly used of politicians, bloviate has passed in and out of fashion over the centuries, falling out of fashion by end of 19th century, but was popularized in the early 1920s with reference to president

    Synonyms

    * See also .

    Derived terms

    * bloviation * bloviator

    Related terms

    * blowhard

    See also

    * windbag *

    References

    * Allan A. Metcalf (2004), Presidential voices: speaking styles from George Washington to George W. Bush, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, “Once More the Bloviator”, pp. 134–135, ISBN 978-0-618-44374-1

    Anagrams

    * (l) Fanciful 19th century American coinages

    headlong

    English

    Adverb

    (-)
  • With the head first or down.
  • With an unrestrained forward motion.
    • Figures out today show the economy plunging headlong into recession.
  • Rashly; precipitately; without deliberation.

    • Antonyms

    * (l) (UK dialect)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Precipitous.
  • Plunging downwards head foremost.
  • Rushing forward without restraint.
  • (figuratively) Reckless, impetuous.
  • * 1869 , RD Blackmoore, Lorna Doone , II:
    • “Time is up,” cried another boy, more headlong than head-monitor.

    Derived terms

    * headlongness * headlongs

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To precipitate.
  • * 1862 , Thomas Adams, The works of Thomas Adams :
    • If a stranger be setting his pace and face toward some deep pit, or steep rock — such a precipice as the cliffs of Dover — how do we cry aloud to have him return ? yet in mean time forget the course of our own sinful ignorance, that headlongs us to confusion.
  • * 1905 , Liberty Hyde Bailey, The outlook to nature :
    • Carriages went up and down in endless pageant. Trolley-cars rushed by, clanging and grinding as they headlonged into the side streets.