Might vs Brawn - What's the difference?
might | brawn | Synonyms |
(uncountable) Power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group.
(uncountable) Physical strength.
(uncountable) The ability to do something.
Mighty; powerful; possible.
(lb) Used to indicate conditional or possible actions.
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*:“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.
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, title= (lb) (may) Used to indicate permission in past tense.
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(lb) (may) Used to indicate possibility in past tense.
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, chapter=19 Strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.
Physical strength; muscularity.
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* 2008 , Michael Mandaville, Stealing Thunder , Dog Ear Publishing (2008), ISBN 9781598585353,
* 2010 , Martin Pasko & Robert Greenberger, The Essential Superman Encyclopedia , Del Ray (2010), ISBN 9780345501080,
(chiefly, British) head cheese; a terrine made from the head of a pig or calf; originally boar's meat.
As nouns the difference between might and brawn
is that might is power, strength, force or influence held by a person or group while brawn is strong muscles or lean flesh, especially of the arm, leg or thumb.As verbs the difference between might and brawn
is that might is used to indicate conditional or possible actions while brawn is make fat, especially of a boar.As an adjective might
is mighty; powerful; possible.might
English
(wikipedia might)Etymology 1
From (etyl) might, myghte, (also maught, macht, maht), from (etyl) miht, mieht, meaht, .Noun
(-)- He pushed with all his might , but still it would not move.
Adjective
(er)Etymology 2
From (etyl) meahte, from magan, whence English may.Verb
(head)- The characterism of an honest man: He looks not to what he might do, but what he should.
Fantasy of navigation, passage=It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next;
Mr. Pratt's Patients, chapter=1 , passage=I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.}}
citation, passage=Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.}}
Conjugation
* archaic second-person singular simple past - mightest * nonstandard, archaic third-person singular simple past - mightethSee also
* could *brawn
English
Noun
(-)page 349:
- The man was a bruiser, the sort who'd learned his science in tavern brawls. Given his size and lack of agility, he relied on his brawn to win. In any wrestling match, Crowley would triumph easily.
page 562:
- The two men were husky, picked for their brawn by the little man who sauntered into the room.
page 218:
- The youth agreed to the scheme and used his brawn to begin moving pieces into place, starting by moving the planet Rann into the Thanagarian star system