What's the difference between braggart and egotist?

Braggart


Definition:

  • (v. i.) A boaster.
  • (a.) Boastful.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He could take the most pitiful souls – his CV was populated almost exclusively by snivelling wretches, insufferable prigs, braggarts and outright bullies – and imbue each of them with a wrenching humanity.
  • (2) Would the more intellectual and refined Morrissey shrink from the braggart McCulloch, throwing down a flower as a challenge?
  • (3) It is a marker of masculine status, and discussed in terms of violent weaponry by braggart men and radical feminists alike.
  • (4) Then he says: "Forgive me, that sounds…" He couldn't be less of a braggart.
  • (5) We were certainly aware that businesses around us were struggling to keep going – I was very cautious about not being seen to be a braggart about how we were doing – but incredibly we were doing very well.” When their annus horribilis came last year, Cox says that more than 20 years of being a married couple living and working together served them well through incredibly tough times.
  • (6) Trump is a blindingly obvious braggart with the skills of someone playing the slot machines in Reno, varying between good fortune and loud noises.
  • (7) We had barely absorbed the bizarre tableau of Russian photographers ushered into the innermost sanctum of presidential power when comes word that the president had divulged sensitive intelligence to an adversary like a braggart showing off a shiny new Ferrari.

Egotist


Definition:

  • (n.) One addicted to egotism; one who speaks much of himself or magnifies his own achievements or affairs.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Arrogant, narcissistic, egotistical, brilliant – all of that I can handle in Paul,” Levinson writes.
  • (2) I had lived 20 years of manic self-fulfilment, but now all those experiences I had so carefully curated for myself seemed egotistical, empty, without someone to pass them on to.
  • (3) With radio, it's much more immediate and I much more directly feel what I can put out as a programme and that's quite satisfying in its own ravingly egotistical way.
  • (4) He must have known, in a very kind and non-egotistical way, that a kind word from him could change a person’s life for the better.
  • (5) When the negotiations step into egotistical political territory – rather than cooperation – taxpayers will lose even more faith in the people they send to Washington, just as they did last year.
  • (6) He was the opposite of an egotist, being neither boastful nor conceited, but his professional personality had a streak of the kindly egoist to it.
  • (7) What I think is that he is a man of extremes: that he is driven and brave, fearful and insecure; that he is courteous and kind, rude and egotistical; that he is crazily romantic, asphyxiatingly possessive; that he is intelligent and self-contained, stupid and hot-headed.
  • (8) You get accused of being egotistical and thinking of the brand of 'The Great LeBron' as an individual - but you took a lot of flak for saying you wanted to be part of a team with other great players I know exactly what you mean.
  • (9) But we soon realised how naive, even egotistical, this was.
  • (10) Trust yourself to love them in the condition they’re in, instead of ignorantly and egotistically giving useless advice that won’t ultimately change their prognosis.
  • (11) As much as you want to believe he's the same clutch-free, semi-oblivious egotist of those pre-championship years, that's not him any longer.
  • (12) The minutiae of his plans are thrilling to anyone who's a fashion nerd, but what is particularly fascinating is how all of Hedi's work – reported by naysayers as disrespectful, egotistical – was actually inspired by Yves Saint Laurent himself.
  • (13) It seems Pearson's withering deconstruction of Brown's often abrasive and egotistical modus operandi has left him a little chastened – and extremely defensive.
  • (14) Sick of tacky reality shows with egotistic wannabes?
  • (15) It’s frequently suggested that millennials , who have grown up surrounded by technology that can meet their every need, are more egotistical and selfish than their parents’ generation, and perhaps this is the case.
  • (16) The British star of The Amazing Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield , has fiercely denied reports that he upset a five-year-old cancer survivor at last Sunday's Oscars through alleged "egotistical" behaviour.
  • (17) Furthermore, convincing your fellow audience members that you are honestly trying to contribute will recast you not as a selfish egotist but a lovable buffoon.
  • (18) Together, these would aggregate into the city as a work of art, the vision of heroic egotists in generational revolt against the 19th century.
  • (19) There had been rumblings over Ramphele's egotistical behaviour and some staff going unpaid.
  • (20) An egotist and a populist, Perez is a figure who enjoys the summer months far more than the season itself because he can't control everything that happens out on the pitch.

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