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Bravado vs Bragging - What's the difference?

bravado | bragging |

As nouns the difference between bravado and bragging

is that bravado is a swaggering show of defiance or courage while bragging is the act of one who brags.

As a verb bragging is

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bravado

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A swaggering show of defiance or courage.
    • The angry customer stood in the middle of the showroom and voiced his complaints with loud bravado .
  • A false show of courage.

    • bragging

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who brags.
  • * Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind
    • there was a glint of amused contempt in his black eyes — contempt, as if he listened to the braggings of children.