What's the difference between
and
Enter two words to compare and contrast their definitions, origins, and synonyms to better understand how those words are related.

Oxford vs Brogue - What's the difference?

oxford | brogue |

As nouns the difference between oxford and brogue

is that oxford is (oxford) (cloth) while brogue is a strong dialectal accent in ireland it used to be a term for irish spoken with a strong english accent, but gradually changed to mean english spoken with a strong irish accent as english control of ireland gradually increased and irish waned as the standard language.

As a verb brogue is

(intransitive) to speak with a brogue (accent) or brogue can be (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters.

oxford

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A city in England famous for its university.
  • (Oxford University)
  • A city in Alabama
  • A city in Arkansas
  • A town in Connecticut
  • An unincorporated community in Florida
  • A city in Georgia, USA
  • A city in Idaho
  • A town in Indiana
  • A city in Iowa
  • A city in Kansas
  • An unincorporated community in Kentucky
  • A town in Maine
  • A town in Maryland
  • A town in Massachusetts
  • A village in Michigan
  • A city in Mississippi
  • A village in Nebraska
  • A town in New York
  • A town in New Zealand
  • A city in North Carolina
  • A town in Nova Scotia
  • A city in Ohio
  • A borough in Pennsylvania
  • An unincorporated community in West Virginia
  • A town in Wisconsin

    • Derived terms

    * Oxbridge * Oxford comma

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A variety of shoe, typically made of heavy leather.
  • (by ellipsis) An Oxford Dictionary.

    • Synonyms

    * (shoe) balmoral

    See also

    * Cambridge ----

    brogue

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong dialectal accent. In Ireland it used to be a term for Irish spoken with a strong English accent, but gradually changed to mean English spoken with a strong Irish accent as English control of Ireland gradually increased and Irish waned as the standard language.
  • * 1978 , , Fair Blows the Wind , Bantam Books, page 62:
    • I had no doubt he knew where I was from, for I had the brogue , although not much of it.
  • * 2010 , , Random House, page 187:
    • “No-man's-land.” The words were spoken in a deep voice filled with salt water and brogue .
  • A strong Oxford shoe, with ornamental perforations and wing tips.
  • (dated) A heavy shoe of untanned leather.
    • Synonyms
    * brogan
    Derived terms
    * brogued * brogueing * broguery * broguish

    Verb

    (brogu)
  • (intransitive) To speak with a brogue (accent).
  • To walk.
  • To kick.
  • To punch a hole in, as with an awl.

    • See also

    * (Brogue shoe)

    Etymology 2

    Possibly from (etyl) brouiller

    Verb

    (brogu)
  • (dialect) to fish for eels by disturbing the waters