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Brag vs Preach - What's the difference?

brag | preach |

In intransitive terms the difference between brag and preach

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

In transitive terms the difference between brag and preach

is that brag is to boast of while preach is to teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.

In obsolete terms the difference between brag and preach

is that brag is proudly; boastfully while preach is a religious discourse.

As an adjective brag

is first-rate.

As an adverb brag

is proudly; boastfully.

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)

    References

    Anagrams

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    preach

    English

    Verb

  • To give a sermon.
  • * , chapter=3
    • , title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=One saint's day in mid-term a certain newly appointed suffragan-bishop came to the school chapel, and there preached on “The Inner Life.”  He at once secured attention by his informal method, and when presently the coughing of Jarvis […] interrupted the sermon, he altogether captivated his audience with a remark about cough lozenges being cheap and easily procurable.}}
    A local Muslim used to preach from the Quran and hadith.
  • To proclaim by public discourse; to utter in a sermon or a formal religious harangue.
  • * Bible, Isa. lxi. 1
    • The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek.
  • To advise or recommend earnestly.
  • * Shakespeare
    • My master preaches patience to him.
  • To teach or instruct by preaching; to inform by preaching.
  • * Southey
    • As ye are preached .

    See also

    * praught

    Related terms

    * practice what one preaches * preach to the choir * preach to the converted

    Noun

    (es)
  • (obsolete) A religious discourse.
    • (Hooker)