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Dashing vs Swaggering - What's the difference?

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As verbs the difference between dashing and swaggering

is that dashing is present participle of lang=en while swaggering is present participle of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between dashing and swaggering

is that dashing is the action of the verb to dash while swaggering is boastful, blustering behaviour.

As an adjective dashing

is spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.

dashing

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
  • Chic, fashionable.
    • All heads turned as the dashing young man entered the room.

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

  • The action of the verb to dash.

    • Anagrams

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    swaggering

    English

    Verb

    (head)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)

    • Antonyms

    * mincing

    Synonyms

    * proud

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Boastful, blustering behaviour.
  • * 1814 , George Cruikshank, ?Robert Cruikshank, The Spirit of the Public Journals
    • Since the return of the redoubtable head of the French people to Paris, I have been no less amused by his ill-digested boastings and swaggerings , than I was before delighted by the complete discomfiture of his ambitious plans.