Brash vs Boastful - What's the difference?
brash | boastful |
impetuous or rash
insensitive or tactless
impudent or shameless
Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
(geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
Broken fragments of ice.
(US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
Tending to boast or brag.
As adjectives the difference between brash and boastful
is that brash is impetuous or rash or brash can be (us|colloquial|dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables while boastful is tending to boast or brag.As a noun brash
is leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.brash
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en-adj)- (Grose)
Noun
- (Lyell)
- (Kane)
Derived terms
* water brash * weaning brashEtymology 2
Compare Amer. (bresk), (brusk), fragile, brittle.Adjective
(en-adj)- (Bartlett)
boastful
English
Alternative forms
* boastfull (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)- He wrote a boastful autobiography, recording all his great deeds.