What's the difference between Blurted and Boasted?

As verbs the difference between blurted and boasted

is that blurted is to utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out while boasted is a brag, a loud positive appraisal of oneself

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blurted

English

Verb

(head)

(blurt)

Source: Wiktionary

blurt

English

Verb

(en verb)

To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to speak quickly or without thought; to divulge inconsiderately — commonly with out.

Please think about your reply and don't just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.

boasted

English

Verb

(head)

(boast)

Source: Wiktionary

boast

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) boosten, bosten, from .

Noun

(en noun)

A brag, a loud positive appraisal of oneself.

(squash) A shot where the ball is driven off a side wall and then strikes the front wall.

Verb

(en verb)

To brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

* 2005 , (Plato), Sophist . Translation by Lesley Brown. .

On no account will he or any other kind be able to boast that he's escaped the pursuit of those who can follow so detailed and comprehensive a method of enquiry.

To speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol.

* (John Milton)

Lest bad men should boast / Their specious deeds.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)

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(obsolete) To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult.

* Bible, Psalms xiiv. 8

In God we boast all the day long.

(squash) To play a .

(ergative) To possess something special.

Synonyms

* brag

Derived terms

* boastful * boastfully * outboast

Etymology 2

Verb

(en verb)

(masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

(Weale)

(sculpting) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required.

Anagrams

* * English reporting verbs