What's the difference between cocky and insolent?

Cocky


Definition:

  • (a.) Pert.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The story to me is that Disney and Lucasfilm are acting rationally, confidently and not cocky.” Poor critical reactions to the film may even end up being irrelevant to its opening figures, though Abrams’s flawless track record suggests the film is likely to be well-reviewed.
  • (2) His Guantánamo file, which was among a large cache of documents later passed to WikiLeaks , shows that the camp authorities quickly reached the conclusion that he had no connection with the Taliban or al-Qaida but decided against releasing him because his “timeline has not been fully established”, and because the British diplomats who had seen him at Kandahar had found him to be “cocky and evasive”.
  • (3) In fact, the chancellor’s cockiness may be Corbyn’s best bet.
  • (4) He did not exhibit any of the cockiness of youth, nor youth’s insecurities; instead, he set an example worthy of his position, wise beyond his years, in his speech, in his conduct, in his love, faith and purity.
  • (5) I don't think there's any arrogance or any aw shucks kind of cockiness.
  • (6) Hall might be a scion of one of Britain's most important theatrical dynasties (his father is Peter, his half-sister Rebecca), but the cocky irreverence of his productions showed he had every intention of making his own mark.
  • (7) They don't, I'm one of them and this is the quickest sport in the world to bring you back down to earth again, so there's no room for arrogance or cockiness or thinking you're any better than anyone else, because you ain't."
  • (8) Kimberley's self-assurance – a character trait so lauded in men– has been rebranded as smugness, cockiness and even malice.
  • (9) And there’s a fine line between exuding confidence and looking cocky.
  • (10) A meek-looking O’Reilly is then confronted by his cocky alter ego, who tells him: “What’s wrong, you can’t take it?
  • (11) I passed the test, and may even have felt an infantile cockiness when I started going to meetings.
  • (12) The prime minister, Tony Abbott, told reporters on Friday he was “confident, but not complacent or cocky” about the Liberals’ chances in the byelection.
  • (13) His cockiness, his kind of wit, his geopolitical discourses, his physical poise, are all instruments to this end.
  • (14) But then maybe it's a good thing that City fans aren't too cocky – it's not too long since we were in the doldrums."
  • (15) Last week the prime minister, Tony Abbott, said he was “confident, but not complacent or cocky” about the Liberals’ chances in the byelection.
  • (16) We were 300 young, ambitious, cocky twentysomethings, in the heart of Manhattan with a lot of money at our disposal.
  • (17) 'I was quite cocky back then; I thought I was supersonic.'
  • (18) Corden is still frowning: 'I don't think I came across as a cocky little bugger on Jonathan Ross.'
  • (19) Castigated for being cocky and aloof, Wilson was branded by some as an “AA meeting in cleats” and wound up being one of the most despised athletes in Dallas.
  • (20) By setting me up as a cocky little so-and-so he was basically giving a thumb's up to the snipers, but it backfired (eventually) on the one who shouted, to a huge laugh, "Where are your eyes?"

Insolent


Definition:

  • (a.) Deviating from that which is customary; novel; strange; unusual.
  • (a.) Haughty and contemptuous or brutal in behavior or language; overbearing; domineering; grossly rude or disrespectful; saucy; as, an insolent master; an insolent servant.
  • (a.) Proceeding from or characterized by insolence; insulting; as, insolent words or behavior.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) 50 runners with exertion induced injuries of the lower extremity were provided with appropriate running shoe insoles.
  • (2) And a woman in front of me said: “They are calling for Fox.” I didn’t know which booth to go to, then suddenly there was a man in front of me, heaving with weaponry, standing with his legs apart yelling: “No, not there, here!” I apologised politely and said I’d been buried in my book and he said: “What do you expect me to do, stand here while you finish it?” – very loudly and with shocking insolence.
  • (3) Subjects used these insoles during dance class for 15 weeks.
  • (4) Based on clinical and biomechanical peculiarities of foot, in the institute have been developed insertable orthopaedic devices for mass-produced footwear for mentioned pathology: corrective device with unloading element and curative insole.
  • (5) Young people now may hardly know her, and it is hard today to conjure up the sexiness, the daring, the insolence of some women on screen in the 50s when the Production Code still prevailed.
  • (6) The author discusses the use of accommodative weight-dispersing insoles as an alternative to surgical excision for the treatment of such lesions.
  • (7) Controlled rigidity is provided by the incorporation of a spring steel shank between the sponge insole and the hard wearing plastic sole.
  • (8) I was told it was a contractual requirement, despite there being no mention of either the strike system or the obligation to sell insoles within the contract itself.
  • (9) Therefore running shoe insoles can eliminate peak forces by exactly placing supporting elements.
  • (10) Treat with orthotic insoles or look at upping your shoe size.
  • (11) This paper describes a study of the effectiveness of commercially available shock absorbing insoles when used in four different pairs of shoes during normal walking.
  • (12) Insoles will be available to turn any existing shoes into smartshoes.
  • (13) A new method was developed for the quality testing of shoes, insoles and sport shoes.
  • (14) The purposes of this study were: 1) to compare the impact forces in running using running shoes with conventional insoles to the impact forces using running shoes with four different viscoelastic insoles, 2) to discuss possible effects of the viscoelastic insoles on lower leg kinematics, and 3) to explain the force and kinematic results using a mechanical model.
  • (15) A full account is given of (a) Wilhelm Werneck's therapeutic coagulations (1835): rupturing of cataract by focussed light (sun, phosphorus); (b) Maximilian Adolf Langenbeck's "insolation" of corneal, pupillary and retinal lesions and of traumatic cataract (1859); (c) Vinzenz Czerny's coagulation experiments on the retina of various animals (1867, 1882).
  • (16) Vertical foot bearing pressure was decreased by an average of 18% by wearing shoes padded with a Professional Protective Technology insole and the decrease was greater in patients with higher foot pressure.
  • (17) About a third of dancers fitted with viscoelastic insoles and a tenth of placebo insert wearers found that the insoles made their shoes too tight to be comfortable.
  • (18) Without physical exercise and direct insolation death usually occurred later (on the average of 5-9 days) from acute renal and renal-hepatic failure.
  • (19) The mechanism of the static effects of the wedged insole for the medial osteoarthritic knee was studied in ten women.
  • (20) The most important finding was that an elastic polymer insole with good shock absorbency properties did not prevent stress reactions of bone during a 12-week period of vigorous physical training.