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Blowhard vs Brag - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between blowhard and brag

is that blowhard is (derogatory) a person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner while brag is a boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.

As a verb brag is

to boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, can do, or has done.

As an adjective brag is

first-rate.

As an adverb brag is

(obsolete) proudly; boastfully.

blowhard

English

(wikipedia blowhard)

Alternative forms

* blow-hard

Noun

(en noun)
  • (derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
  • * 1861 , " Correspondence of the Missouri Democrat," New York Times , 20 Oct., p. 2. (retrieved 24 Aug. 2009):
    • The merchants are the most ultra Secessionists. . . . Some men of Northern origin were the most rabid. A "blowhard ," named James Patterson, of Augusta, Jackson County, was originally from Pennsylvania. He stumped the county and was elected to the Convention, and cast his vote for secession.
  • * 1896 , , "The Shadow of the Greenback" in Revenge! :
    • [T]he loud-mouthed blowhard seemed just the man to flinch when real danger confronted him.
  • * 1941 , " POLITICAL NOTES: Republican Rift?," Time , 17 Nov.:
    • Oh, this bellowing, blatant, bellicose, belligerent, bombastic blowhard . . . .
  • * 2008 , Jo-Ellan Dimitrius and Wendy Mazzarella, Reading People , ISBN 9780345504135, p. 137:
    • In my profession, I have seen more than my share of blowhards who use volume to intimidate the weak, fool the feeble-minded, or control the insecure or lazy.

    Synonyms

    * big mouth, blusterer, boaster, braggart, loudmouth, windbag English words with consonant pseudo-digraphs

    brag

    English

    Verb

  • To boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, can do, or has done.
    • to brag of one's exploits, courage, or money
  • * Shakespeare
    • Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, / Brags of his substance, not of ornament.
  • To boast of.
  • *Shakespeare
    • Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade

    Synonyms

    * boast

    Derived terms

    * braggart * bragging rights * humblebrag

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Caesar made not here his brag / Of "came", and "saw", and "overcame".
  • The thing which is boasted of.
  • * Milton
    • Beauty is Nature's brag .
  • (by ellipsis) The card game three card brag.
    • (Chesterfield)

    Adjective

    (bragger)
  • First-rate.
  • (archaic) Brisk; full of spirits; boasting; pretentious; conceited.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • a brag young fellow

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (obsolete) proudly; boastfully
    • (Fuller)

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