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Boasting vs Brag - What's the difference?

boasting | brag |

As verbs the difference between boasting and brag

is that boasting is while brag is to boast; to talk with excessive pride about what one has, can do, or has done.

As nouns the difference between boasting and brag

is that boasting is the making of boasts while brag is a boast or boasting; bragging; ostentatious pretence or self-glorification.

As an adjective brag is

first-rate.

As an adverb brag is

(obsolete) proudly; boastfully.

boasting

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The making of boasts.
    • It get boring listening to his boasting about his daughter.

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    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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