Presumptuous vs Brash - What's the difference?
presumptuous | brash |
Going beyond what is right, proper, or appropriate because of an excess of self-confidence or arrogance.
impetuous or rash
insensitive or tactless
impudent or shameless
Leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.
A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.
(geology) Broken and angular rock fragments underlying alluvial deposits.
Broken fragments of ice.
(US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
As adjectives the difference between presumptuous and brash
is that presumptuous is going beyond what is right, proper, or appropriate because of an excess of self-confidence or arrogance while brash is impetuous or rash or brash can be (us|colloquial|dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables.As a noun brash is
leaf litter of small leaves and little twigs as found under a hedge.presumptuous
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic)Adjective
(en adjective)Synonyms
* (going beyond what is proper) overconfident, foolhardy, rash, presuming, forward, arrogant, insolent, conceitedbrash
English
Etymology 1
Adjective
(en-adj)- (Grose)
Noun
- (Lyell)
- (Kane)
Derived terms
* water brash * weaning brashEtymology 2
Compare Amer. (bresk), (brusk), fragile, brittle.Adjective
(en-adj)- (Bartlett)