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Sassy vs Brash - What's the difference?

sassy | brash |

As adjectives the difference between sassy and brash

is that sassy is impudent 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.

sassy

English

Adjective

(er)
  • Impudent.
  • * 2007 , John Wood Sweet, Bodies Politic (page 303)
    • Many other jokes featured sassy servants besting their masters by playing dumb and taking instructions overly literally — another trope common in English servant jokes.
  • Bold and spirited; cheeky.
  • Somewhat sexy and provocative.
  • Vigorous.
  • Lively.
  • * 2012 , Jeff Koehler, Morocco: A Culinary Journey (page 10)
    • Olives and preserved lemons add sassy tartness to salads, chicken tagines, and fish dishes

    brash

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • impetuous or rash
    • (Grose)
  • insensitive or tactless
  • impudent or shameless

    • Noun

  • 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.
    • (Lyell)
  • Broken fragments of ice.
    • (Kane)
    Derived terms
    * water brash * weaning brash

    Etymology 2

    Compare Amer. (bresk), (brusk), fragile, brittle.

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (US, colloquial, dated) brittle, as wood or vegetables
    • (Bartlett)
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