different between braggart vs vapourer

English

Etymology

From French bragard (“bragging, flaunting, vain", also "a showy, arrogant individual”), from Middle French braguer (“to boast, brag”). No firm relation to English brag has been established.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?æ???t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?æ??t/
• Hyphenation: brag?gart

Noun

braggart (plural braggarts)

1. Someone who constantly brags or boasts. [from late 16th c.]

Synonyms

• braggard
• bragger
• See also Thesaurus:braggart

Related terms

• brag
• bragging (noun)
• braggingly

Translations

Adjective

braggart (comparative more braggart, superlative most braggart)

1. Characterized by boasting; boastful.

Translations

References

Further reading

• boasting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

vapour +? -er

Noun

vapourer (plural vapourers)

1. Any of several tussock moths (family Erebidae, subfamily Lymantriinae), especially of the genus Orgyia.
2. (archaic) One who vapours; a braggart.

Derived terms

• vapourer moth (Orgyia antiqua)
• scarce vapourer moth (Orgyia recens)

References

• vapourer in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• Lymantriinae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lymantriinae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Lymantriinae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons