What's the difference between braggart and gascon?
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.
Gascon
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering.
(n.) A native of Gascony; a boaster; a bully. See Gasconade.
Example Sentences:
(1) However, the only amino acid composition of these two forms of invertase reported to date has revealed extensive differences [Gascon, S., Neumann, N.P., & Lampen, J.O.
(2) Barium solution mixed with Gascon drop (a defoaming agent) is used as contrast material.
(3) The charges came after San Francisco district attorney George Gascon referred the investigation to federal authorities, citing a conflict of interest, federal prosecutors said.
(4) I am relieved to know that the officers have been indicted, after I referred the matter to federal authorities,” Gascon said in a statement Thursday.
(5) Erynne Gascon said: “Priests using phones, cameras and other gadgets during the mass.
(6) Innovation, however, does not give companies a license to mislead consumers about issues affecting their safety,” San Francisco district attorney George Gascon said in a statement.
(7) Two to three milliliters of barium, 1 to 2 ml of Gascon, and 15 ml of air are pushed in; thus a contact double-contrast cholangiogram is obtained.
(8) Acute confusional state (ACS) as a manifestation of migraine in the pediatric age group was initially described by Gascon and Barlow.
(9) The company also paid a fine of $500,000 and agreed to change some of its business practices, according to San Francisco County district attorney George Gascon.
(10) Gascon was the police chief at the time the alleged conduct occurred.
(11) They can take pictures after the mass.” Erynne Gascon (@ohherynne) Priests using phones, cameras and other gadgets during the mass.
(12) Shame on you.” Gascon later tweeted: “most of them are sitting in front row seats.