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Swang vs Swank - What's the difference?

swang | swank |

As nouns the difference between swang and swank

is that swang is a swamp while swank is a fashionably elegant person.

As verbs the difference between swang and swank

is that swang is (swing) now largely replaced by swung while swank is to swagger, to show off.

As an adjective swank is

(dated) fashionably elegant.

swang

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A swamp.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (swing). Now largely replaced by swung.
  • (African American vernacular, slang) To steer one's vehicle from side to side while driving.
  • * 2005 , :
    • Turn on my blinker light and then I swang it slow
  • * 2006 , :
    • I'mma swang , I'mma swing my slab lean to the left
  • * 2010 , G. Washington, Karma from the Cradle to the Street , Xlibris (2010), ISBN 9781453596180, page 118:
    • Caine pulled off burning rubber and swanging side to side.

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    swank

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (dated) Fashionably elegant.
    • I went to a swank party last night.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fashionably elegant person.
    • He's such a swank .
  • Ostentation.
    • The parvenu was full of swank .
  • *
    • Not even the effeminate swank of his riding clothes could hide the enormous power of that body--he seemed to fill those glistening boots until he strained the top lacing and you could see a great pack of muscle shifting when his shoulder moved under his thin coat.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To swagger, to show off.
    • Looks like she's going to swank in, flashing her diamonds, then swank out to another party.

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