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Exaggeration vs Arrogance - What's the difference?

exaggeration | arrogance |

As nouns the difference between exaggeration and arrogance

is that exaggeration is the act of heaping or piling up while arrogance is the act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.

exaggeration

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of heaping or piling up.
  • The act of exaggerating; the act of doing or representing in an excessive manner; a going beyond the bounds of truth, reason, or justice; a hyperbolical representation; hyperbole; overstatement.
  • A representation of things beyond natural life, in expression, beauty, power, vigor.

    • Synonyms

    * overstatement * hyperbole

    arrogance

    English

    (wikipedia arrogance) (Webster 1913)

    Alternative forms

    * arrogaunce

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption.

    • Synonyms

    * See also .

    Related terms

    * arrogancy * arrogant * arrogate * arrogation

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