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Slither vs Swagger - What's the difference?

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Slither is a related term of swagger.


As verbs the difference between slither and swagger

is that slither is to move about smoothly and from side to side while swagger is to walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.

As a noun swagger is

confidence, pride.

slither

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To move about smoothly and from side to side.
  • To slide
  • * 2003 , J. Flash, An American Savage
    • I bent down and with both hands I scooped up as much of this pissshit as I could. The green and brown clump felt like Jello as it dripped down all over my clothes. It was slithering through inbetween my fingers.

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    * slitherlink

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    swagger

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To walk with a swaying motion; hence, to walk and act in a pompous, consequential manner.
  • * Beaconsfield
    • a man who swaggers about London clubs
  • To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.
  • * Collier
    • To be great is not to swagger at our footmen.
    (Jonathan Swift)

    Derived terms

    * swaggerer * swaggeringly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • confidence, pride
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 9 , author=Mandeep Sanghera , title=Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage}}
  • A bold, or arrogant strut.
  • A prideful boasting or bragging.

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