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Brawn vs Heft - What's the difference?

brawn | heft |

As nouns the difference between brawn and heft

is that brawn is strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb while heft is hip.

As a verb brawn

is make fat, especially of a boar.

brawn

English

Noun

(-)
  • Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
  • Physical strength; muscularity.
  • * 2000 , Stephanie Laurens, A Secret Love , Avon Books (2000), ISBN 0380805707, page 349:
    • The man was a bruiser, the sort who'd learned his science in tavern brawls. Given his size and lack of agility, he relied on his brawn to win. In any wrestling match, Crowley would triumph easily.
  • * 2008 , Michael Mandaville, Stealing Thunder , Dog Ear Publishing (2008), ISBN 9781598585353, page 562:
    • The two men were husky, picked for their brawn by the little man who sauntered into the room.
  • * 2010 , Martin Pasko & Robert Greenberger, The Essential Superman Encyclopedia , Del Ray (2010), ISBN 9780345501080, page 218:
    • The youth agreed to the scheme and used his brawn to begin moving pieces into place, starting by moving the planet Rann into the Thanagarian star system
  • (chiefly, British) head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.

    • See also

    * aspic

    Derived terms

    * brawny

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • Make fat, especially of a boar.
  • Become fat, especially of a boar.

    • Derived terms

    * brawner

    heft

    English

    Alternative forms

    * haft

    Noun

  • (uncountable) Weight.
  • * T. Hughes
    • a man of his age and heft
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  • Heaviness, the feel of weight.
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  • (Northern England) A piece of mountain pasture to which a farm animal has become hefted.
  • An animal that has become hefted thus.
  • (West of Ireland) Poor condition in sheep caused by mineral deficiency.
  • The act or effort of heaving; violent strain or exertion.
  • * (William Shakespeare)
    • He cracks his gorge, his sides, / With violent hefts .
  • (US, dated, colloquial) The greater part or bulk of anything.
  • *

    • Derived terms

    * hefty

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To lift up; especially, to lift something heavy.
    • He hefted the sack of concrete into the truck.
  • To test the weight of something by lifting it.
  • (Northern England and Scotland) To become accustomed and attached to an area of mountain pasture.
  • (obsolete) past participle of to heave.

    • Synonyms

    * hoist