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brush aside vs cold-shoulder

cold-shoulder vs brush aside

brush aside and cold-shoulder both are verbs.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
brush aside No No Yes No
cold-shoulder No No Yes No
As verbs, cold-shoulder is a hyponym of brush aside; that is, cold-shoulder is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than brush aside:
  • brush aside: bar from attention or consideration
  • cold-shoulder: pay no attention to, disrespect
Other hyponyms of brush aside include slight, discredit, shrug off, pass off, flout, scoff, turn a blind eye, laugh away, laugh off, disoblige.
brush aside (verb) cold-shoulder (verb)
bar from attention or consideration pay no attention to, disrespect
Difference between brush aside and cold-shoulder

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