Boast vs Storm - What's the difference?

Boast is a related term of storm.

As a noun boast

is a brag, a loud positive appraisal of oneself.

As a verb boast

is to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself or boast can be (masonry) to dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel.

As a proper noun storm is

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.

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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

storm

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) storm, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

Noun

(en noun)

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere, especially as affecting the earth's surface, and strongly implying destructive or unpleasant weather.

* Shakespeare

We hear this fearful tempest sing, / Yet seek no shelter to avoid the storm .

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A violent agitation of human society; a civil, political, or domestic commotion; violent outbreak.

The proposed reforms have led to a political storm .

* Shakespeare

Her sister / Began to scold and raise up such a storm .

(meteorology) a wind scale for very strong wind, stronger than a gale, less than a hurricane (10 or higher on the Beaufort scale).

(military) A violent assault on a stronghold or fortified position.

Hyponyms

* See also

Coordinate terms

* (meteorology) breeze, gale, hurricane

Derived terms

* barnstorm * bestorm * duststorm * leafstorm * sandstorm * snowstorm * storm in a tea-kettle * stormlike * stormtrooper * stormy * thunderstorm * windstorm

Etymology 2

From (etyl) stormen, sturmen, from (etyl) .

Verb

(en verb)

To move quickly and noisily like a storm, usually in a state of uproar or anger.

She stormed out of the room.

To assault (a stronghold or fortification) with military forces.

Troops stormed the complex.

External links

* (wikipedia) * (projectlink) * 1000 English basic words ----