Raggy vs Braggy - What's the difference?
raggy | braggy |
raglike; like a rag.
scruffy; tending to dress in rags.
Similar in style to ragtime music.
Prone to brag
* {{quote-book, year=1909, author=O. Henry, title=The Gentle Grafter, chapter=, edition=
, passage="'That was only getting the pumpkin ready,' says Bassett, braggy and cheerful. }}
* {{quote-book, year=1931, author=Work Projects Administration, title=Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States, chapter=, edition=
, passage=He was a biggity acting and braggy talking old man. }}
* {{quote-news, year=2001, date=February 2, author=Ben Joravsky, title=When the Star Comes Out, work=Chicago Reader
, passage=He was bombastic and braggy to the point of trash talking fellow performers. }}
As adjectives the difference between raggy and braggy
is that raggy is raglike; like a rag while braggy is prone to brag.raggy
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