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Boaster vs Exaggerate - What's the difference?

boaster | exaggerate |

As a noun boaster

is one who boasts; a braggart.

As a verb exaggerate is

to overstate, to describe more than is fact.

boaster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who boasts; a braggart.
  • A stonemason's broad-faced chisel.

    • Synonyms

    * braggart * bragger * See also

    Anagrams

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    exaggerate

    English

    Verb

    (exaggerat)
  • To overstate, to describe more than is fact.
    • I've told you a billion times not to exaggerate !
    He said he'd slept with hundreds of girls, but I know he's exaggerating . The real number is about ten.

    Synonyms

    * overexaggerate * overstate

    Antonyms

    * (overstate) downplay, understate

    Derived terms

    * exaggeratedly * exaggeratingly * exaggerative * exaggeratively * exaggerativeness * exaggerator * exaggeratory

    Related terms

    * exaggeration

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