different between swaggerer vs braggart

English

Etymology

swagger +? -er

Noun

swaggerer (plural swaggerers)

1. One who swaggers.

Synonyms

• boaster
• braggart
• bragger
• swagger

Translations

See also

• blusterer
• bully
• boastful

References

• swaggerer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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