Flaunt vs Flaunt - What's the difference?
flaunt | flaunt |
(obsolete) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
To parade, display with ostentation.
(intransitive, archaic, or, literary) To show off, as with flashy clothing.
* Arbuthnot
* Alexander Pope
* 1856 , ,
* 1897 , ,
(obsolete) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
To parade, display with ostentation.
(intransitive, archaic, or, literary) To show off, as with flashy clothing.
* Arbuthnot
* Alexander Pope
* 1856 , ,
* 1897 , ,
In intransitive obsolete terms the difference between flaunt and flaunt
is that flaunt is to wave or flutter smartly in the wind while flaunt is to wave or flutter smartly in the wind.In transitive terms the difference between flaunt and flaunt
is that flaunt is to parade, display with ostentation while flaunt is to parade, display with ostentation.In intransitive archaic or literary terms the difference between flaunt and flaunt
is that flaunt is to show off, as with flashy clothing while flaunt is to show off, as with flashy clothing.flaunt
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- She's always flaunting her designer clothes.
- You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
- One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade.
- [T]he younger belles had begun to flaunt in the French fashions of flimsy muslins, shortwaisted— narrow-skirted.
- … and Mrs. Wix seemed to flaunt there in her finery.
Usage notes
* Do not confuse with flout.flaunt
English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- She's always flaunting her designer clothes.
- You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
- One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade.
- [T]he younger belles had begun to flaunt in the French fashions of flimsy muslins, shortwaisted— narrow-skirted.
- … and Mrs. Wix seemed to flaunt there in her finery.
