Panache vs Brandish - What's the difference?

As verbs the difference between panache and brandish

is that panache is while brandish is to move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.

As nouns the difference between panache and brandish

is that panache is shandy (mix of beer and lemonade) while brandish is the act of flourishing or waving.

As an adjective panache

is mixed, variegated.

panache

English

(wikipedia panache)

Noun

(countable) An ornamental plume on a helmet.

* 1896 — , Chapter 4

I had taken the panache from my shako so that it might escape notice, but even with my fine overcoat I feared that sooner or later my uniform would betray me.

(uncountable) Flamboyant, energetic style or action; dash; verve.

* 1894 —

One old gentleman, who was in the habit of reading a Paris newspaper and knew things, chuckled gleefully to everybody that Alcée’s conduct was altogether chic, mais chic. That he had more panache than Boulanger. Well, perhaps he had.

Synonyms

* (ornament on a helmet) hackle, plume, plumage * (flamboyant style) dash, flamboyance, swagger, verve

brandish

English

Verb

(es)

To move or swing a weapon back and forth, particularly if demonstrating skill.

He brandished his sword at the pirates.

* Drake

the quivering lance which he brandished bright

To bear something with ostentatious show.

to brandish syllogisms

* 2011 , , Binay: Blame corruption on modern consumerism , Manila Bulletin Publishing Corporation, [http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/315850/binay-blame-corruption-modern-consumerism]:

It sets the stage for cutting corners in our principles just so we can brandish a perceived badge of stature.

{{quote-Fanny Hill, part=2 , Long, however, the young spark did not remain before giving it two or three shakes, by way of brandishing it}}

Synonyms

* flourish, wave

Noun

(es)

The act of flourishing or waving.

Synonyms

* flourish