different between vainglory vs hubris

English

Etymology

From Middle English waynglori (“worthless glory”), from Old French vaine glorie, from Medieval Latin v?na gl?ria, from Latin v?na (“empty, groundless, boastful”) + gl?ria (“fame, ambition, boasting”), apparently modelled after similar terms in Germanic languages. Compare Old English ?del wuldor (“vain glory”) and ?del?ielp (“vainglory”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vain?glo?ry

Noun

vainglory (countable and uncountable, plural vainglories)

1. Excessive vanity.
2. Boastful, unwarranted pride in one's accomplishments or qualities.

3. Vain, ostentatious display.
4. A regarding of oneself with undue favor.

Derived terms

• vaingloriness
• vainglorious

Translations

Verb

vainglory (third-person singular simple present vainglories, present participle vainglorying, simple past and past participle vaingloried)

1. (intransitive) To boast; to act in a vain manner.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (húbris, “insolence, sexual outrage”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?hju?b??s/, [?çju??b???s]

Noun

hubris (countable and uncountable, plural hubrises)

1. Excessive pride, presumption or arrogance (originally toward the gods).

Derived terms

• hubristic

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:hubris.

Translations

See also

• sophrosyne
• hamartia
• pride comes before a fall

Further reading

• hubris at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• rubish

Spanish

Noun

hubris f (uncountable)

1. hubris