Bluster vs Brawl - What's the difference?

Bluster is a related term of brawl.

As nouns the difference between bluster and brawl

is that bluster is pompous, officious talk while brawl is a fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

As verbs the difference between bluster and brawl

is that bluster is to speak or protest loudly while brawl is to engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

bluster

English

Noun

(en noun)

Pompous, officious talk.

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A gust of wind.

Fitful noise and violence.

Synonyms

* (pompous talk) bombast

Verb

To speak or protest loudly.

When confronted by opposition his reaction was to bluster , which often cowed the meek.

To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.

* Burke

Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants.

* Sir T. More

He bloweth and blustereth out his abominable blasphemy.

* Fuller

As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands.

To blow in strong or sudden gusts.

* Milton

And ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round.

Derived terms

* blusterer * blustering * blusterous * blustery

Anagrams

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brawl

English

(wikipedia brawl)

Noun

(en noun)

A fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

Verb

(en verb)

To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

To complain loudly; to scold.

To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.

* Wordsworth

where the brook brawls along the painful road