different between conceited vs bigheaded

English

conceit +? -ed

conceited (comparative more conceited, superlative most conceited)

Having an excessively favorable opinion of one's abilities, appearance, etc.; vain and egotistical.
- c. 1732, Jonathan Swift, Epistle to a Lady
  If you think me too conceited / Or to passion quickly heated.
- 1692, Richard Bentley, A Confutation of Atheism
  Conceited of their own wit, and science, and politeness.
(rhetoric, literature) Having an ingenious expression or metaphorical idea, especially in extended form or used as a literary or rhetorical device.
(obsolete) Endowed with fancy or imagination.
- He was […] pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit.
(obsolete) Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful.
- A conceited chair to sleep in.

See conceit (verb)

conceited

bigheaded (comparative more bigheaded, superlative most bigheaded)

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