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Ostentate vs Flaunt - What's the difference?

ostentate | flaunt |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between ostentate and flaunt

is that ostentate is (obsolete) to make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly while flaunt is (obsolete) to wave or flutter smartly in the wind.

As verbs the difference between ostentate and flaunt

is that ostentate is (obsolete) to make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly while flaunt is (obsolete) to wave or flutter smartly in the wind.

ostentate

English

Verb

(ostentat)
  • (obsolete) To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
    • (Jeremy Taylor)
    (Webster 1913) ----

    flaunt

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (l) (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (obsolete) To wave or flutter smartly in the wind.
  • To parade, display with ostentation.
    • She's always flaunting her designer clothes.
  • (intransitive, archaic, or, literary) To show off, as with flashy clothing.
  • * Arbuthnot
    • You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot.
  • * Alexander Pope
    • One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade.
  • * 1856 , ,
    • [T]he younger belles had begun to flaunt in the French fashions of flimsy muslins, shortwaisted— narrow-skirted.
  • * 1897 , ,
    • … and Mrs. Wix seemed to flaunt there in her finery.

    Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with flout.