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Depend vs Swagger - What's the difference?

depend | swagger |

As verbs the difference between depend and swagger

is that depend is depends (3rd person singular/plural, present tense) 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.

depend

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To hang down; to be sustained by being fastened or attached to something above.
  • * 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick :
    • The long rows of teeth on the bulwarks glistened in the moonlight; and like the white ivory tusks of some huge elephant, vast curving icicles depended from the bows.
  • * 1982 , Paul Fussell, My War :
    • Besides, if you worked up to be a cadet officer, you got to wear a Sam Browne belt, from which depended a nifty saber.
  • To hang in suspense; to be pending; to be undetermined or undecided; as, a cause depending in court.
  • To rely on for support; to be conditioned or contingent; to be connected with anything, as a cause of existence, or as a necessary condition; — followed by on or upon, formerly by of.
  • (senseid)To trust; to rest with confidence; to rely; to confide; to be certain; — with on or upon; as, we depend on the word or assurance of our friends; we depend on the mail at the usual hour.
  • To serve; to attend; to act as a dependent or retainer.

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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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