Tubthumping vs Hushed - What's the difference?
tubthumping | hushed |
Aggressive political or commercial promotion.
* 1914 , Harper, Charles G., The Kentish Coast , page 344
* 1939 , Railway Age , vol. 107, Oct.-Dec.
Brash, self-promoting.
* 1994 , Stephen Vaughn, Ronald Reagan in Hollywood: Movies and Politics , page 199
Very quietly. In soft tones.
(hush)
As verbs the difference between tubthumping and hushed
is that tubthumping is while hushed is (hush).As adjectives the difference between tubthumping and hushed
is that tubthumping is brash, self-promoting while hushed is very quietly in soft tones.As a noun tubthumping
is aggressive political or commercial promotion.tubthumping
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(-)- […] the general public, who imagine — poor fools — that all the fury and tubthumping at Westminster is honest emotion, […].
- But there is usually more to Automobile Week than good-natured tubthumping for the new passenger car models.
Adjective
(en adjective)- "Our pictures avoid deliberate, tubthumping propaganda but they exude the spirit of democracy."
See also
* rabblerousing * stemwinderhushed
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- So awe inspiring was the sight that we spoke only in hushed whispers.