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Encouragement vs Swagger - What's the difference?

encouragement | swagger |

As nouns the difference between encouragement and swagger

is that encouragement is the act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity while swagger is confidence, pride.

As a verb swagger is

to walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

encouragement

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Alternative forms

* incouragement (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of encouraging; incitement to action or to practice; as, the encouragement of youth in generosity.
    • All generous encouragement of arts. -Otway.
  • That which serves to incite, support, promote or advance, as favor, countenance, reward etc.; incentive; increase of confidence; as, the fine arts find little encouragement among a rude people.
    • To think of his paternal care, Is a most sweet encouragement to prayer. -Byron.

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    swagger

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
  • * Beaconsfield
    • a man who swaggers about London clubs
  • To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
  • * Collier
    • To be great is not to swagger at our footmen.
    (Jonathan Swift)

    Derived terms

    * swaggerer * swaggeringly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • confidence, pride
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage}}
  • A bold, or arrogant strut.
  • A prideful boasting or bragging.

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