Endorse vs Swank - What's the difference?
endorse | swank |
To support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature.
To write one's signature on the back of a cheque, or other negotiable instrument, when transferring it to a third party, or cashing it.
To give an endorsement.
(heraldiccharge) A diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale.
English words prefixed with en-
(dated) Fashionably elegant.
A fashionably elegant person.
Ostentation.
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To swagger, to show off.
As verbs the difference between endorse and swank
is that endorse is to support, to back, to give one's approval to, especially officially or by signature while swank is to swagger, to show off.As nouns the difference between endorse and swank
is that endorse is (heraldiccharge) a diminutive of the pale, usually appearing in pairs on either side of a pale while swank is a fashionably elegant person.As an adjective swank is
(dated) fashionably elegant.endorse
English
(Endorsement)Alternative forms
* indorseVerb
Derived terms
* disendorse * endorsementNoun
(en noun)Usage notes
When a narrow, vertical stripe appears in a coat of arms, it is usually termed a (pallet) when used as the primary charge in the absence of a pale''. The term ''endorse'' is typically used only when the stripes flank a central and wider ''pale''. Diminutive stripes flanking other ''ordinaries are termed (term).References
swank
English
Adjective
(er)- I went to a swank party last night.
Noun
(en noun)- He's such a swank .
- The parvenu was full of swank .
- Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body--he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat.
Verb
(en verb)- Looks like she's going to swank in, flashing her diamonds, then swank out to another party.